A detailed overview of SARS-CoV-2 omicron: its sub-variants, mutations and pathophysiology, clinical characteristics, immunological landscape, immune escape, and …

S Chatterjee, M Bhattacharya, S Nag, K Dhama… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant concern for everyone. Recent data from
many worldwide reports suggest that most infections are caused by the Omicron variant and …

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 …

Deep mutational scans for ACE2 binding, RBD expression, and antibody escape in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2 receptor-binding domains

TN Starr, AJ Greaney, CM Stewart, AC Walls… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
SARS-CoV-2 continues to acquire mutations in the spike receptor-binding domain (RBD)
that impact ACE2 receptor binding, folding stability, and antibody recognition. Deep …

Convergent evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants leading to the emergence of BQ. 1.1 variant

J Ito, R Suzuki, K Uriu, Y Itakura, J Zahradnik… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In late 2022, various Omicron subvariants emerged and cocirculated worldwide. These
variants convergently acquired amino acid substitutions at critical residues in the spike …

Repeated Omicron exposures override ancestral SARS-CoV-2 immune imprinting

A Yisimayi, W Song, J Wang, F Jian, Y Yu, X Chen… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The continuing emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants highlights the need to update COVID-19
vaccine compositions. However, immune imprinting induced by vaccination based on the …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection in vaccinees induces virus-specific nasal-resident CD8+ and CD4+ T cells of broad specificity

JME Lim, AT Tan, N Le Bert, SK Hang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection in vaccinees induces virus-specific nasal-resident CD8+
and CD4+ T cells of broad specificity | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller …

Limited neutralisation of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA. 1 and BA. 2 by convalescent and vaccine serum and monoclonal antibodies

A Wilhelm, M Widera, K Grikscheit, T Toptan… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background In recent months, Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 have become
dominant in many regions of the world, and case numbers with Omicron subvariants BA. 1 …

Structural basis for potent antibody neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variants including B. 1.1. 529

T Zhou, L Wang, J Misasi, A Pegu, Y Zhang, DR Harris… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The rapid spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B.
1.1. 529 (Omicron) variant and its resistance to neutralization by vaccinee and convalescent …

Antigenicity and infectivity characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 BA. 2.86

S Yang, Y Yu, F Jian, W Song, A Yisimayi… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
The newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 saltation variant, BA. 2.86, has raised global concern
(appendix 1 p 7). By Sept 8, 2023, 95 sequences were detected, of which their early …

Omicron SARS-CoV-2 mutations stabilize spike up-RBD conformation and lead to a non-RBM-binding monoclonal antibody escape

Z Zhao, J Zhou, M Tian, M Huang, S Liu, Y Xie… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Omicron SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly spreading worldwide. To delineate the impact of emerging
mutations on spike's properties, we performed systematic structural analyses on apo …