[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike mutations and immune escape

WT Harvey, AM Carabelli, B Jackson… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Although most mutations in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) genome are expected to be either deleterious and swiftly purged or relatively …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of seasonal influenza viruses

VN Petrova, CA Russell - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Despite decades of surveillance and pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions,
seasonal influenza viruses continue to cause epidemics around the world each year. The …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on the total CD4+ and CD8+ T cell reactivity in infected or vaccinated individuals

A Tarke, J Sidney, N Methot, ED Yu, Y Zhang… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with evidence of antibody escape highlight the
importance of addressing whether the total CD4+ and CD8+ T cell recognition is also …

Mapping neutralizing and immunodominant sites on the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain by structure-guided high-resolution serology

L Piccoli, YJ Park, MA Tortorici, N Czudnochowski… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Analysis of the specificity and kinetics of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) elicited by SARS-
CoV-2 infection is crucial for understanding immune protection and identifying targets for …

[HTML][HTML] Deep mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain reveals constraints on folding and ACE2 binding

TN Starr, AJ Greaney, SK Hilton, D Ellis, KHD Crawford… - cell, 2020 - cell.com
The receptor binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein mediates viral
attachment to ACE2 receptor and is a major determinant of host range and a dominant target …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination induces functionally diverse antibodies to NTD, RBD, and S2

F Amanat, M Thapa, T Lei, SMS Ahmed, DC Adelsberg… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
In this study we profiled vaccine-induced polyclonal antibodies as well as plasmablast-
derived mAbs from individuals who received SARS-CoV-2 spike mRNA vaccine. Polyclonal …

An amplicon-based sequencing framework for accurately measuring intrahost virus diversity using PrimalSeq and iVar

ND Grubaugh, K Gangavarapu, J Quick, NL Matteson… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
How viruses evolve within hosts can dictate infection outcomes; however, reconstructing this
process is challenging. We evaluate our multiplexed amplicon approach, PrimalSeq, to …

[HTML][HTML] Negligible impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on CD4+ and CD8+ T cell reactivity in COVID-19 exposed donors and vaccinees.

A Tarke, J Sidney, N Methot, Y Zhang, JM Dan… - BioRxiv, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants highlighted the need to better understand adaptive
immune responses to this virus. It is important to address whether also CD4+ and CD8+ T …

Contemporary H3N2 influenza viruses have a glycosylation site that alters binding of antibodies elicited by egg-adapted vaccine strains

SJ Zost, K Parkhouse, ME Gumina… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
H3N2 viruses continuously acquire mutations in the hemagglutinin (HA) glycoprotein that
abrogate binding of human antibodies. During the 2014–2015 influenza season, clade 3C …

Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses

AX Han, SPJ de Jong, CA Russell - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Seasonal influenza viruses cause recurring global epidemics by continually evolving to
escape host immunity. The viral constraints and host immune responses that limit and drive …