COVID-19 vaccine update: vaccine effectiveness, SARS-CoV-2 variants, boosters, adverse effects, and immune correlates of protection

WY Chi, YD Li, HC Huang, TEH Chan, SY Chow… - Journal of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been the most severe public health
challenge in this century. Two years after its emergence, the rapid development and …

Molecular mechanism of interaction between SARS-CoV-2 and host cells and interventional therapy

Q Zhang, R Xiang, S Huo, Y Zhou, S Jiang… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in an unprecedented setback …

The SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody combination, AZD7442, is protective in nonhuman primates and has an extended half-life in humans

YM Loo, PM McTamney, RH Arends… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Despite the success of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
vaccines, there remains a need for more prevention and treatment options for individuals …

Broad betacoronavirus neutralization by a stem helix–specific human antibody

D Pinto, MM Sauer, N Czudnochowski, JS Low… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The spillovers of betacoronaviruses in humans and the emergence of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants highlight the need for broad …

N501Y mutation of spike protein in SARS-CoV-2 strengthens its binding to receptor ACE2

F Tian, B Tong, L Sun, S Shi, B Zheng, Z Wang, X Dong… - elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
SARS-CoV-2 has been spreading around the world for the past year. Recently, several
variants such as B. 1.1. 7 (alpha), B. 1.351 (beta), and P. 1 (gamma), which share a key …

BNT162b vaccines protect rhesus macaques from SARS-CoV-2

AB Vogel, I Kanevsky, Y Che, KA Swanson, A Muik… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
A safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 is urgently needed in quantities that are
sufficient to immunize large populations. Here we report the preclinical development of two …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections elicit potent, broad, and durable neutralizing antibody responses

AC Walls, KR Sprouse, JE Bowen, A Joshi, N Franko… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although infections among vaccinated individuals lead to milder COVID-19 symptoms
relative to those in unvaccinated subjects, the specificity and durability of antibody …

Sequence analysis of the emerging SARS‐CoV‐2 variant Omicron in South Africa

L Wang, G Cheng - Journal of medical virology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the worldwide vaccination, the COVID‐19 pandemic continues as SARS‐CoV‐2
evolves into numerous variants. Since the first identification of the novel SARS‐CoV‐2 …

SARS-CoV-2 D614G spike mutation increases entry efficiency with enhanced ACE2-binding affinity

S Ozono, Y Zhang, H Ode, K Sano, TS Tan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, is steadily mutating during
continuous transmission among humans. Such mutations can occur in the spike (S) protein …

Mapping neutralizing and immunodominant sites on the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain by structure-guided high-resolution serology

L Piccoli, YJ Park, MA Tortorici, N Czudnochowski… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Analysis of the specificity and kinetics of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) elicited by SARS-
CoV-2 infection is crucial for understanding immune protection and identifying targets for …