The altered entry pathway and antigenic distance of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant map to separate domains of spike protein

TP Peacock, JC Brown, J Zhou, N Thakur, K Sukhova… - biorxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
At the end of 2021 a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, Omicron, emerged and quickly spread
across the world. It has been demonstrated that Omicron's high number of Spike mutations …

[PDF][PDF] The SARS-CoV-2 variant, Omicron, shows rapid replication in human primary nasal epithelial cultures and efficiently uses the endosomal route of entry

TP Peacock, JC Brown, J Zhou, N Thakur… - …, 2022 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
At the end of 2021 a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, Omicron, emerged and quickly spread
across the world. It has been demonstrated that Omicron's high number of Spike mutations …

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike mediated immune escape and tropism shift

B Meng, IATM Ferreira, A Abdullahi, N Goonawardane… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 variant emerged in late 2021 and is characterised
by multiple spike mutations across all spike domains. Here we show that Omicron BA. 1 has …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike mediated immune escape and tropism shift

R Gupta - Research square, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 variant emerged in late 2021 and is characterised
by multiple spike mutations across all spike domains. Here we show that Omicron BA. 1 has …

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike H655Y mutation is responsible for enhancement of the endosomal entry pathway and reduction of cell surface entry pathways

M Yamamoto, K Tomita, Y Hirayama, J Inoue… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant reportedly displays decreased usage of the cell
surface entry pathway mediated by the host transmembrane protease, serine 2 (TMPRSS2) …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron: Master of immune evasion maintains robust ACE2 binding

M Hoffmann, L Zhang, S Pöhlmann - Signal Transduction and Targeted …, 2022 - nature.com
The spike (S) protein of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is highly mutated but the impact of
these mutations on viral entry into cells and its inhibition by antibodies has been unclear. A …

The hyper-transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant exhibits significant antigenic change, vaccine escape and a switch in cell entry mechanism

BJ Willett, J Grove, OA MacLean, C Wilkie, N Logan… - MedRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Vaccination-based exposure to spike protein derived from early SARS-CoV-2 sequences is
the key public health strategy against COVID-19. Successive waves of SARS-CoV-2 …

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron efficiently infects human airway, but not alveolar epithelium

MM Lamers, AZ Mykytyn, TI Breugem, N Groen… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
In late 2021, the highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant emerged, raising concerns
about its potential extensive immune evasion, increased transmissibility and pathogenicity …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron strain exhibits potent capabilities for immune evasion and viral entrance

X Zhang, S Wu, B Wu, Q Yang, A Chen, Y Li… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron strain (as known
as B. 1.1. 529) was identified in Botswana and South Africa in early November 2021 and …

Spike mutations contributing to the altered entry preference of SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2

B Hu, JFW Chan, H Liu, Y Liu, Y Chai… - Emerging microbes & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.1. 529.1 (Omicron BA. 1) emerged in November 2021 and
quickly became the predominant circulating SARS-CoV-2 variant globally. Omicron BA. 1 …