SARS-CoV-2 evolution in the Omicron era

C Roemer, DJ Sheward, R Hisner, F Gueli… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Since SARS-CoV-2 BA. 5 (Omicron) emerged and spread in 2022, Omicron
lineages have markedly diversified. Here we review the evolutionary trajectories and …

Immune imprinting and next-generation coronavirus vaccines

CQ Huang, S Vishwanath, GW Carnell, ACY Chan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Vaccines based on historical virus isolates provide limited protection from continuously
evolving RNA viruses, such as influenza viruses or coronaviruses, which occasionally spill …

Repeated Omicron exposures override ancestral SARS-CoV-2 immune imprinting

A Yisimayi, W Song, J Wang, F Jian, Y Yu, X Chen… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The continuing emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants highlights the need to update COVID-19
vaccine compositions. However, immune imprinting induced by vaccination based on the …

A molnupiravir-associated mutational signature in global SARS-CoV-2 genomes

T Sanderson, R Hisner, I Donovan-Banfield, H Hartman… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Molnupiravir, an antiviral medication widely used against severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), acts by inducing mutations in the virus genome during …

XBB. 1.5 monovalent mRNA vaccine booster elicits robust neutralizing antibodies against XBB subvariants and JN. 1

Q Wang, Y Guo, A Bowen, IA Mellis, R Valdez… - Cell host & …, 2024 - cell.com
COVID-19 vaccines have recently been updated to specifically encode or contain the spike
protein of the SARS-CoV-2 XBB. 1.5 subvariant, but their immunogenicity in humans has yet …

Deep mutational scans of XBB. 1.5 and BQ. 1.1 reveal ongoing epistatic drift during SARS-CoV-2 evolution

AL Taylor, TN Starr - PLoS Pathogens, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Substitutions that fix between SARS-CoV-2 variants can transform the mutational landscape
of future evolution via epistasis. For example, large epistatic shifts in mutational effects …

Swift and extensive Omicron outbreak in China after sudden exit from 'zero-COVID'policy

EE Goldberg, Q Lin, EO Romero-Severson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In late 2022, China transitioned from a strict 'zero-COVID'policy to rapidly abandoning nearly
all interventions and data reporting. This raised great concern about the presumably-rapid …

Rapid assembly of SARS-CoV-2 genomes reveals attenuation of the Omicron BA. 1 variant through NSP6

TY Taha, IP Chen, JM Hayashi, T Tabata… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Although the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (BA. 1) spread rapidly across the world
and effectively evaded immune responses, its viral fitness in cell and animal models was …

The therapeutic potential of natural dietary flavonoids against SARS-CoV-2 infection

Z Wang, L Yang - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The exploration of non-toxic and cost-effective dietary components, such as epigallocatechin
3-gallate and myricetin, for health improvement and disease treatment has recently attracted …

3-year outcomes of discharged survivors of COVID-19 following the SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B. 1.1. 529) wave in 2022 in China: a longitudinal cohort study

H Zhang, C Huang, X Gu, Y Wang, X Li… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background There is a paucity of data on the natural trajectory of outcomes in survivors of
COVID-19 beyond 2 years after symptom onset, and no evidence exists on the effect of re …