Impact of antigenic evolution and original antigenic sin on SARS-CoV-2 immunity

M Aguilar-Bretones, RAM Fouchier… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and
vaccinations targeting the spike protein (S) offer protective immunity against coronavirus …

“Is Omicron mild”? Testing this narrative with the mutational landscape of its three lineages and response to existing vaccines and therapeutic antibodies

VR Rajpal, S Sharma, A Kumar… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron with its lineages BA. 1, BA. 2, and BA. 3 has triggered a fresh wave
of Covid‐19 infections. Though, Omicron has, so far, produced mild symptoms, its genome …

[HTML][HTML] A neutralizing epitope on the SD1 domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike targeted following infection and vaccination

J Seow, H Khan, A Rosa, V Calvaresi, C Graham… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike is the target for
neutralizing antibodies elicited following both infection and vaccination. While extensive …

A spike-trimer protein-based tetravalent COVID-19 vaccine elicits enhanced breadth of neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants and other variants

R Wang, H Huang, C Yu, C Sun, J Ma, D Kong… - Science China Life …, 2023 - Springer
Multivalent vaccines combining crucial mutations from phylogenetically divergent variants
could be an effective approach to defend against existing and future SARS-CoV-2 variants …

Broad and potent neutralizing antibodies are elicited in vaccinated individuals following Delta/BA. 1 breakthrough infection

J Seow, ZA Shalim, C Graham, S Kimuda, A Pillai… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Despite the success of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing infection and/or severe disease,
there has been an increase in SARS-CoV-2 infections in vaccinated individuals owing to the …

Longitudinal kinetics of neutralizing antibodies against circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants and estimated level of group immunity of booster-vaccinated individuals …

YJ Lee, J Choi, J Yang, JY Baek, HJ Kim… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic persisted for 3 years and is now transitioning to
endemicity. We illustrated the change in group immunity induced by vaccination …

The effect of Omicron breakthrough infection and extended BNT162b2 booster dosing on neutralization breadth against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

C Graham, T Lechmere, A Rehman, J Seow… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
COVID-19 vaccines are playing a vital role in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. As SARS-
CoV-2 variants encoding mutations in the surface glycoprotein, Spike, continue to emerge …

Pre-Omicron vaccine breakthrough infection induces superior cross-neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 compared to infection alone

ES da Silva, M Kohnen, G Gilson, T Staub… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 variants raise concern because of their high transmissibility and their ability to
evade neutralizing antibodies elicited by prior infection or by vaccination. Here, we …

Antibody binding and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 binding inhibition Is significantly reduced for both the BA. 1 and BA. 2 Omicron variants

D Junker, M Becker, TR Wagner… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background The rapid emergence of the Omicron variant and its large number of mutations
led to its classification as a variant of concern (VOC) by the World Health Organization …

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine alpha and delta variant breakthrough infections are rare and mild but can happen relatively early after vaccination

JK Peter, F Wegner, S Gsponer, F Helfenstein, T Roloff… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Some COVID-19 vaccine recipients show breakthrough infection. It remains
unknown, which factors contribute to risks and severe outcomes. Our aim was to identify risk …