Dual spike and nucleocapsid mRNA vaccination confer protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta variants in preclinical models

RL Hajnik, JA Plante, Y Liang, MG Alameh… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs), including the highly transmissible
Omicron and Delta strains, has posed constant challenges to the current COVID-19 vaccines …

Increased resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant to neutralization by vaccine-elicited and therapeutic antibodies

T Tada, H Zhou, BM Dcosta, MI Samanovic… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background SARS-CoV-2 vaccines currently authorized for emergency use have been
highly successful in preventing infection and lessening disease severity. The vaccines …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) and its sublineages: What do we know so far amid the emergence of recombinant variants of SARS-CoV-2?

M Dhawan, ARA Saied, S Mitra, FA Alhumaydhi… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been
reported worldwide. The advent of variants of concern (VOCs) raises severe concerns amid …

An early warning system for emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

L Subissi, A von Gottberg, L Thukral, N Worp… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
An early warning system for emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants | Nature Medicine Skip to main
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SARS-CoV-2 BA. 1 variant is neutralized by vaccine booster–elicited serum but evades most convalescent serum and therapeutic antibodies

S Lusvarghi, SD Pollett, SN Neerukonda… - Science Translational …, 2022 - science.org
The rapid spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) along with its high number of mutations in the spike …

Compensatory epistasis maintains ACE2 affinity in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1

A Moulana, T Dupic, AM Phillips, J Chang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The Omicron BA. 1 variant emerged in late 2021 and quickly spread across the world.
Compared to the earlier SARS-CoV-2 variants, BA. 1 has many mutations, some of which …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron severity: milder but not mild

J Nealon, BJ Cowling - Lancet (London, England), 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In The Lancet, Nicole Wolter and colleagues1 report data from more than 11 000 individuals
(> 80· 0% aged 19–59 years; 55· 9% women) with COVID-19 in South Africa indicative of …

[PDF][PDF] Structural and functional impact by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike mutations

J Zhang, Y Cai, CL Lavine, H Peng, H Zhu, K Anand… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
The Omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
bearing an unusually high number of mutations, has become a dominant strain in many …

Prior vaccination promotes early activation of memory T cells and enhances immune responses during SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection

MM Painter, TS Johnston, KA Lundgreen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection of vaccinated
individuals is increasingly common but rarely results in severe disease, likely due to the …

[PDF][PDF] Protective prototype-Beta and Delta-Omicron chimeric RBD-dimer vaccines against SARS-CoV-2

K Xu, P Gao, S Liu, S Lu, W Lei, T Zheng, X Liu, Y Xie… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Breakthrough infections by SARS-CoV-2 variants become the global challenge for
pandemic control. Previously, we developed the protein subunit vaccine ZF2001 based on …