[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 variant biology: immune escape, transmission and fitness

AM Carabelli, TP Peacock, LG Thorne… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In late 2020, after circulating for almost a year in the human population, severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exhibited a major step change in its …

[HTML][HTML] The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein: its role in the viral life cycle, structure and functions, and use as a potential target in the development of vaccines and …

W Wu, Y Cheng, H Zhou, C Sun, S Zhang - Virology journal, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to take a heavy toll on personal
health, healthcare systems, and economies around the globe. Scientists are expending …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections elicit potent, broad, and durable neutralizing antibody responses

AC Walls, KR Sprouse, JE Bowen, A Joshi, N Franko… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although infections among vaccinated individuals lead to milder COVID-19 symptoms
relative to those in unvaccinated subjects, the specificity and durability of antibody …

Analysis of 6.4 million SARS-CoV-2 genomes identifies mutations associated with fitness

F Obermeyer, M Jankowiak, N Barkas, SF Schaffner… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Repeated emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
variants with increased fitness underscores the value of rapid detection and characterization …

Omicron mutations enhance infectivity and reduce antibody neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particles

AM Syed, A Ciling, TY Taha, IP Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant
contains extensive sequence changes relative to the earlier-arising B. 1, B. 1.1, and Delta …

[HTML][HTML] Neutralizing immunity in vaccine breakthrough infections from the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta variants

V Servellita, AM Syed, MK Morris, N Brazer, P Saldhi… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Virus-like particle (VLP) and live virus assays were used to investigate neutralizing immunity
against Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants in 259 samples from 128 vaccinated …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 5: Evolving tropism and evasion of potent humoral responses and resistance to clinical immunotherapeutics relative to viral …

A Aggarwal, A Akerman, V Milogiannakis, MR Silva… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Genetically distinct viral variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been recorded since January 2020. The introduction of …

[HTML][HTML] An early warning system for emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

L Subissi, A von Gottberg, L Thukral, N Worp… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
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[HTML][HTML] Molecular characteristics, immune evasion, and impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants

C Sun, C Xie, GL Bu, LY Zhong, MS Zeng - Signal Transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The persistent COVID-19 pandemic since 2020 has brought an enormous public health
burden to the global society and is accompanied by various evolution of the virus genome …

Fitness effects of mutations to SARS-CoV-2 proteins

JD Bloom, RA Neher - Virus Evolution, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Knowledge of the fitness effects of mutations to SARS-CoV-2 can inform
assessment of new variants, design of therapeutics resistant to escape, and understanding …