[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry into cells

CB Jackson, M Farzan, B Chen, H Choe - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The unprecedented public health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic caused
by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been …

Comparing COVID-19 vaccines for their characteristics, efficacy and effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern: a narrative review

T Fiolet, Y Kherabi, CJ MacDonald, J Ghosn… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Vaccines are critical cost-effective tools to control the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic. However, the emergence of variants of the severe acute respiratory …

Monoclonal antibody therapies against SARS-CoV-2

D Focosi, S McConnell, A Casadevall… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 have been widely
used in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we review the properties of mAbs …

The impact of spike mutated variants of SARS-CoV2 [Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Lambda] on the efficacy of subunit recombinant vaccines

M Mohammadi, M Shayestehpour… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Since the first described human infection with SARS-CoV-2 in December of 2019 many
subunit protein vaccines have been proposed for use in humans. Subunit vaccines use one …

Immunity to SARS‐CoV‐2 induced by infection or vaccination

X Castro Dopico, S Ols, K Loré… - Journal of internal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptive immune responses play critical roles in viral clearance and protection against re‐
infection, and SARS‐CoV‐2 is no exception. What is exceptional is the rapid …

An update on COVID-19: SARS-CoV-2 variants, antiviral drugs, and vaccines

VE Hillary, SA Ceasar - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly contagious and
pathogenic virus that first appeared in late December 2019. This SARS-CoV-2 causes an …

The Omicron variant of concern: Diversification and convergent evolution in spike protein, and escape from anti-Spike monoclonal antibodies

D Focosi, S McConnell, A Casadevall - Drug Resistance Updates, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract WHO-defined SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) drive therapeutics and
vaccine development. The Omicron VOC is dominating the arena since November 2021, but …

SARS-CoV-2: evolution and emergence of new viral variants

VR Flores-Vega, JV Monroy-Molina… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiological agent
responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The high rate of mutation of this …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical characteristics, transmissibility, pathogenicity, susceptible populations, and re-infectivity of prominent COVID-19 variants

Z Yang, S Zhang, YP Tang, S Zhang, DQ Xu… - Aging and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In addition to the rapid, global spread of SARS-CoV-2, new and comparatively more
contagious variants are of considerable concern. These emerging mutations have become a …

SARS-CoV-2 variants and COVID-19 vaccines: Current challenges and future strategies

W Gong, S Parkkila, X Wu… - International reviews of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a global threat. Despite strict control measures …