Silent battles: immune responses in asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection

N Le Bert, T Samandari - Cellular & Molecular Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 infections manifest with a broad spectrum of presentations, ranging from
asymptomatic infections to severe pneumonia and fatal outcomes. This review centers on …

Biomarkers of transfusion transmitted occult hepatitis B virus infection: Where are we and what next?

MX Fu, P Simmonds, M Andersson… - Reviews in Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Blood transfusion is a vital procedure, where transfusion‐transmitted infection of hepatitis B
virus (HBV) remains an important issue, especially from blood donors with occult hepatitis B …

Human coronavirus OC43-elicited CD4+ T cells protect against SARS-CoV-2 in HLA transgenic mice

RP dos Santos Alves, J Timis, R Miller… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells are detected in some healthy unexposed individuals.
Human studies indicate these T cells could be elicited by the common cold coronavirus …

Cross-reactivity assessment of vaccine-derived SARS-CoV-2 T cell responses against BA. 2.86 and JN. 1

MS Sohail, SF Ahmed, AA Quadeer, MR McKay - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-variants BA. 2.86 and JN. 1 contain multiple mutations in the
spike protein that were not present in previous variants of concern and Omicron sub …

The eye of the storm: investigating the long-term cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 and variants

N Vishwakarma, RB Goud, MP Tirupattur, LC Katwa - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 had stormed through the world in early March of 2019, and on 5 May 2023, SARS-
CoV-2 was officially declared to no longer be a global health emergency. The rise of new …

The binding profile of SARS‐CoV‐2 with human leukocyte antigen polymorphisms reveals critical alleles involved in immune evasion

Y Zhan, L Ye, Q Ouyang, J Yin, J Cui… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS‐CoV‐2), astonished the world and led to millions of deaths. Due to viral new …

The importance of patient-partnered research in addressing long COVID: Takeaways for biomedical research study design from the RECOVER Initiative's Mechanistic …

C Kim, B Chen, S Mohandas, J Rehman, ZA Sherif… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
The NIH-funded RECOVER study is collecting clinical data on patients who experience a
SARS-CoV-2 infection. As patient representatives of the RECOVER Initiative's Mechanistic …

The Influence of Cross-Reactive T Cells in COVID-19

PJ Eggenhuizen, JD Ooi - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Memory T cells form from the adaptive immune response to historic infections or
vaccinations. Some memory T cells have the potential to recognise unrelated pathogens like …

Deciphering the host genetic factors conferring susceptibility to severe COVID-19 using exome sequencing

K Uslu, F Ozcelik, G Zararsiz, V Eldem, A Cephe… - Genes & …, 2024 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic remains a significant public health concern despite the new
vaccines and therapeutics. The clinical course of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection is highly …

The role of HLA genetic variants in COVID‐19 susceptibility, severity, and mortality: A global review

T Hoseinnezhad, N Soltani, S Ziarati… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a profound global impact, with variations in
susceptibility, severity, and mortality rates across different regions. While many factors can …