[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: recent progress and future perspectives

Y Fan, X Li, L Zhang, S Wan, L Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there have been
a few variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), one of …

COVID-19 vaccines in patients with cancer: immunogenicity, efficacy and safety

A Fendler, EGE de Vries… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Patients with cancer have a higher risk of severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and
associated mortality than the general population. Owing to this increased risk, patients with …

Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 XBB variant derived from recombination of two Omicron subvariants

T Tamura, J Ito, K Uriu, J Zahradnik, I Kida… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract In late 2022, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants have become highly diversified,
and XBB is spreading rapidly around the world. Our phylogenetic analyses suggested that …

Antigenicity and receptor affinity of SARS-CoV-2 BA. 2.86 spike

Q Wang, Y Guo, L Liu, LT Schwanz, Z Li, MS Nair, J Ho… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
A severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron subvariant, BA.
2.86, has emerged and spread to numerous countries worldwide, raising alarm because its …

Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2 subvariants, including BA. 4 and BA. 5

I Kimura, D Yamasoba, T Tamura, N Nao, T Suzuki… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
After the global spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2, some BA. 2 subvariants,
including BA. 2.9. 1, BA. 2.11, BA. 2.12. 1, BA. 4, and BA. 5, emerged in multiple countries …

[HTML][HTML] Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2 spike

D Yamasoba, I Kimura, H Nasser, Y Morioka, N Nao… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Soon after the emergence and global spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineage BA. 1,
another Omicron lineage, BA. 2, began outcompeting BA. 1. The results of statistical analysis …

Tracking SARS-CoV-2 Omicron diverse spike gene mutations identifies multiple inter-variant recombination events

J Ou, W Lan, X Wu, T Zhao, B Duan, P Yang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
The current pandemic of COVID-19 is fueled by more infectious emergent Omicron variants.
Ongoing concerns of emergent variants include possible recombinants, as genome …

A detailed overview of SARS-CoV-2 omicron: its sub-variants, mutations and pathophysiology, clinical characteristics, immunological landscape, immune escape, and …

S Chatterjee, M Bhattacharya, S Nag, K Dhama… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant concern for everyone. Recent data from
many worldwide reports suggest that most infections are caused by the Omicron variant and …

Shifting mutational constraints in the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain during viral evolution

TN Starr, AJ Greaney, WW Hannon, AN Loes, K Hauser… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has evolved variants with
substitutions in the spike receptor-binding domain (RBD) that affect its affinity for angiotensin …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular basis of receptor binding and antibody neutralization of Omicron

Q Hong, W Han, J Li, S Xu, Y Wang, C Xu, Z Li, Y Wang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant exhibits striking immune evasion and is
spreading rapidly worldwide. Understanding the structural basis of the high transmissibility …