[HTML][HTML] The origins and potential future of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in the evolving COVID-19 pandemic

SP Otto, T Day, J Arino, C Colijn, J Dushoff, M Li… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
One year into the global COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of attention has shifted to the
emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs). After nearly a year of …

Does infection with or vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 lead to lasting immunity?

G Milne, T Hames, C Scotton, N Gent… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Many nations are pursuing the rollout of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines as an exit strategy from
unprecedented COVID-19-related restrictions. However, the success of this strategy relies …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants escape neutralization by vaccine-induced humoral immunity

WF Garcia-Beltran, EC Lam, KS Denis, AD Nitido… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Vaccination elicits immune responses capable of potently neutralizing SARS-CoV-2.
However, ongoing surveillance has revealed the emergence of variants harboring mutations …

[HTML][HTML] Antibody evasion by the P. 1 strain of SARS-CoV-2

W Dejnirattisai, D Zhou, P Supasa, C Liu, AJ Mentzer… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Terminating the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic relies upon pan-global vaccination. Current
vaccines elicit neutralizing antibody responses to the virus spike derived from early isolates …

Rapid and stable mobilization of CD8+ T cells by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine

V Oberhardt, H Luxenburger, J Kemming, I Schulien… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 spike mRNA vaccines,–mediate protection from severe disease as early as ten
days after prime vaccination, when neutralizing antibodies are hardly detectable,–. Vaccine …

Neutralizing activity of BNT162b2-elicited serum

Y Liu, J Liu, H Xia, X Zhang… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Variant SARS-CoV-2 and BNT162b2 Vaccine How well do serum samples obtained from
persons injected with the BNT162b2 vaccine neutralize the P. 1, B. 1.1. 7, and B. 1.135 …

Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of heterologous ChAdOx1 nCoV-19/mRNA vaccination

T Schmidt, V Klemis, D Schub, J Mihm, F Hielscher… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Heterologous priming with the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vector vaccine followed by boosting with
a messenger RNA vaccine (BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273) is currently recommended in …

Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y. V2 from neutralization by convalescent plasma

S Cele, I Gazy, L Jackson, SH Hwa, H Tegally, G Lustig… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) have arisen independently at multiple locations,
and may reduce the efficacy of current vaccines that target the spike glycoprotein of SARS …

[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 …

mRNA vaccine-induced T cells respond identically to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern but differ in longevity and homing properties depending on prior infection status

J Neidleman, X Luo, M McGregor, G Xie, V Murray… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
While mRNA vaccines are proving highly efficacious against SARS-CoV-2, it is important to
determine how booster doses and prior infection influence the immune defense they elicit …