Omicron BA. 1 breakthrough infection drives cross-variant neutralization and memory B cell formation against conserved epitopes

J Quandt, A Muik, N Salisch, BG Lui, S Lutz… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Omicron is the evolutionarily most distinct severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) variant of concern (VOC) to date. We report that Omicron BA. 1 breakthrough …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants: Why, how, and what's next?

Y Chen, Q Liu, L Zhou, Y Zhou, H Yan, K Lan - Cell Insight, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant poses a striking threat to human
society. More than 30 mutations in the Spike protein of the Omicron variant severely …

[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 …

Omicron BA. 2 breakthrough infection enhances cross-neutralization of BA. 2.12. 1 and BA. 4/BA. 5

A Muik, BG Lui, M Bacher, AK Wallisch, A Toker… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
BNT162b2-vaccinated individuals after Omicron BA. 1 breakthrough infection have strong
serum-neutralizing activity against Omicron BA. 1, BA. 2, and previous SARS-CoV-2 variants …

Structural plasticity and immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 spike variants

D Ghimire, Y Han, M Lu - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global pandemic of COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has significantly affected every human life and overloaded the …

Non-Hermitian many-body localization with open boundaries

K Suthar, YC Wang, YP Huang, HH Jen, JS You - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
The explorations of non-Hermiticity have been devoted to investigate the disorder-induced
many-body localization (MBL). However, the sensitivity of the spatial boundary conditions …

Disorder-induced topological state transition in the optical skyrmion family

C Liu, S Zhang, SA Maier, H Ren - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Skyrmions endowed with topological protection have been extensively investigated in
various platforms including magnetics, ferroelectrics, and liquid crystals, stimulating …

Borneol ester derivatives as entry inhibitors of a wide spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 viruses

OI Yarovaya, DN Shcherbakov, SS Borisevich… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the present work we studied the antiviral activity of the home library of monoterpenoid
derivatives using the pseudoviral systems of our development, which have glycoproteins of …

From the Wuhan-Hu-1 strain to the XD and XE variants: is targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein still a pharmaceutically relevant option against COVID-19?

M Pavan, D Bassani, M Sturlese… - Journal of Enzyme …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, the SARS-CoV-2
genome has undergone several mutations. The emergence of such variants has resulted in …

Probing mechanisms of binding and allostery in the SARS-CoV-2 spike omicron variant complexes with the host receptor: revealing functional roles of the binding …

G Verkhivker, S Agajanian, R Kassab… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, we performed all-atom MD simulations of RBD–ACE2 complexes for BA. 1, BA.
1.1, BA. 2, and BA. 3 Omicron subvariants, conducted a systematic mutational scanning of …