Antibody affinity and cross-variant neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1, BA. 2 and BA. 3 following third mRNA vaccination

L Bellusci, G Grubbs, FT Zahra, D Forgacs… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
There is limited knowledge on durability of neutralization capacity and antibody affinity
maturation generated following two versus three doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in …

High avidity of vaccine-induced immunoglobulin G against SARS-CoV-2: potential relevance for protective humoral immunity

G Bauer - Exploration of Immunology, 2022 - explorationpub.com
Avidity of immunoglobulin G (IgG) is defined as its binding strength to its target antigen. As a
consequence of affinity maturation of the IgG response, avidity is maturing as well …

Repeat vaccination reduces antibody affinity maturation across different influenza vaccine platforms in humans

S Khurana, M Hahn, EM Coyle, LR King, TL Lin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Several vaccines are approved in the United States for seasonal influenza vaccination every
year. Here we compare the impact of repeat influenza vaccination on hemagglutination …

AS03-adjuvanted H5N1 vaccine promotes antibody diversity and affinity maturation, NAI titers, cross-clade H5N1 neutralization, but not H1N1 cross-subtype …

S Khurana, EM Coyle, J Manischewitz, LR King, J Gao… - npj Vaccines, 2018 - nature.com
Immune responses to inactivated vaccines against avian influenza are poor due in part to
lack of immune memory. Adjuvants significantly increased virus neutralizing titers. We …

Antibody affinity maturation and cross-variant activity following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination: Impact of prior exposure and sex

J Tang, G Grubbs, Y Lee, C Huang, S Ravichandran… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Limited knowledge exists regarding antibody affinity maturation following
mRNA vaccination in naïve vs. COVID-19 recovered individuals and potential sex …

Systemic and mucosal immune profiling in asymptomatic and symptomatic SARS-CoV-2–infected individuals reveal unlinked immune signatures

S Ravichandran, G Grubbs, J Tang, Y Lee, C Huang… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Mucosal immunity plays a key role in prevention of SARS-CoV-2 virus spread to the lungs. In
this study, we evaluated systemic and mucosal immune signatures in asymptomatic SARS …

Influenza vaccines: a moving interdisciplinary field

M Schotsaert, A García-Sastre - Viruses, 2014 - mdpi.com
Vaccination is by far the most effective way of preventing morbidity and mortality due to
infection of the upper respiratory tract by influenza virus. Current vaccines require yearly …

Broad hemagglutinin-specific memory B cell expansion by seasonal influenza virus infection reflects early-life imprinting and adaptation to the infecting virus

BL Tesini, P Kanagaiah, J Wang, M Hahn… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Memory B cells (MBCs) are key determinants of the B cell response to influenza virus
infection and vaccination, but the effect of different forms of influenza antigen exposure on …

Immunologic mechanisms of seasonal influenza vaccination administered by microneedle patch from a randomized phase I trial

NG Rouphael, L Lai, S Tandon, MP McCullough… - npj Vaccines, 2021 - nature.com
In a phase 1 randomized, single-center clinical trial, inactivated influenza virus vaccine
delivered through dissolvable microneedle patches (MNPs) was found to be safe and …

Heterologous prime-boost vaccination with MF59-adjuvanted H5 vaccines promotes antibody affinity maturation towards the hemagglutinin HA1 domain and broad …

S Khurana, EM Coyle, M Dimitrova, F Castellino… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
In an open label clinical study (2007), MF59-adjuvanted hemagglutinin (HA) vaccine from
H5N1-A/Vietnam/1194/2004 (clade 1) was administered to subjects previously vaccinated …