mRNA-based therapeutics: powerful and versatile tools to combat diseases

S Qin, X Tang, Y Chen, K Chen, N Fan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The therapeutic use of messenger RNA (mRNA) has fueled great hope to combat a wide
range of incurable diseases. Recent rapid advances in biotechnology and molecular …

Covid-19 vaccines—immunity, variants, boosters

DH Barouch - New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Covid-19 Vaccines — Immunity, Variants, Boosters | New England Journal of Medicine Skip to
main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced Search SEARCH …

Activity of convalescent and vaccine serum against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

JM Carreño, H Alshammary, J Tcheou, G Singh… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) was initially identified in November 2021 in South Africa and Botswana, as …

Immunological memory to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and COVID‐19 vaccines

A Sette, S Crotty - Immunological reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Immunological memory is the basis of protective immunity provided by vaccines and
previous infections. Immunological memory can develop from multiple branches of the …

Divergent SARS-CoV-2 Omicron–reactive T and B cell responses in COVID-19 vaccine recipients

CH GeurtsvanKessel, D Geers, KS Schmitz… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron
variant is spreading rapidly, even in vaccinated individuals, raising concerns about immune …

mRNA booster immunization elicits potent neutralizing serum activity against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

H Gruell, K Vanshylla, P Tober-Lau, D Hillus… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is causing a rapid increase in infections across the
globe. This new variant of concern carries an unusually high number of mutations in key …

[HTML][HTML] Immune imprinting, breadth of variant recognition, and germinal center response in human SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination

K Röltgen, SCA Nielsen, O Silva, SF Younes… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, novel and traditional vaccine strategies have been
deployed globally. We investigated whether antibodies stimulated by mRNA vaccination …

The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

K Tao, PL Tzou, J Nouhin, RK Gupta… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The past several months have witnessed the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with novel
spike protein mutations that are influencing the epidemiological and clinical aspects of the …

Class switch toward noninflammatory, spike-specific IgG4 antibodies after repeated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination

P Irrgang, J Gerling, K Kocher, D Lapuente… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
RNA vaccines are efficient preventive measures to combat the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. High levels of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 …

mRNA vaccines induce durable immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern

RR Goel, MM Painter, SA Apostolidis, D Mathew… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mRNA
vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection and especially severe disease …