SARS-CoV-2 evolution in the Omicron era

C Roemer, DJ Sheward, R Hisner, F Gueli… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Since SARS-CoV-2 BA. 5 (Omicron) emerged and spread in 2022, Omicron
lineages have markedly diversified. Here we review the evolutionary trajectories and …

The evolutionary and functional significance of germline immunoglobulin gene variation

M Pennell, OL Rodriguez, CT Watson, V Greiff - Trends in immunology, 2023 - cell.com
The recombination between immunoglobulin (IG) gene segments determines an individual's
naïve antibody repertoire and, consequently,(auto) antigen recognition. Emerging evidence …

Structural basis for a conserved neutralization epitope on the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2

KYA Huang, X Chen, A Mohapatra, HTV Nguyen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Antibody-mediated immunity plays a crucial role in protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection.
We isolated a panel of neutralizing anti-receptor-binding domain (RBD) antibodies elicited …

Enhanced SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity following breakthrough infection builds upon the preexisting memory B cell pool

T Weber, S Dähling, S Rose, P Affeldt… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The human immune response must continuously adapt to newly emerging SARS-CoV-2
variants. To investigate how B cells respond to repeated SARS-CoV-2 antigen exposure by …

Somatic hypermutation introduces bystander mutations that prepare SARS-CoV-2 antibodies for emerging variants

M Korenkov, M Zehner, H Cohen-Dvashi… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Somatic hypermutation (SHM) drives affinity maturation and continues over months in SARS-
CoV-2-neutralizing antibodies (nAbs). However, several potent SARS-CoV-2 antibodies …

Interaction dynamics between innate and adaptive immune cells responding to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in non-human primates

CA Schramm, D Moon, L Peyton, NS Lima… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
As SARS-CoV-2 variants continue evolving, testing updated vaccines in non-human
primates remains important for guiding human clinical practice. To date, such studies have …

Broadly neutralizing human antibodies against Omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2

HL Chiang, KH Liang, RM Lu, TW Kuo, YL Lin… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose a significant worldwide threat to
human health, as emerging SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants exhibit resistance to therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 antibodies from children exhibit broad neutralization and belong to adult public clonotypes

SC Wall, N Suryadevara, C Kim, AR Shiakolas… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, children have exhibited different
susceptibility to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection …

Molecular analysis of a public cross-neutralizing antibody response to SARS-CoV-2

M Yuan, Y Wang, H Lv, TJC Tan, IA Wilson, NC Wu - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
As severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concerns
(VOCs) continue to emerge, cross-neutralizing antibody responses become key toward next …

Breakthrough infection elicits hypermutated IGHV3-53/3-66 public antibodies with broad and potent neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants including the …

L Li, X Chen, Z Wang, Y Li, C Wang, L Jiang… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The rapid emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) calls for efforts to study
broadly neutralizing antibodies elicited by infection or vaccination so as to inform the …