SARS-CoV-2 immunity: review and applications to phase 3 vaccine candidates

GA Poland, IG Ovsyannikova, RB Kennedy - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Understanding immune responses to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is
crucial to understanding disease pathogenesis and the usefulness of bridge therapies, such …

Germinal center and extrafollicular B cell responses in vaccination, immunity, and autoimmunity

RA Elsner, MJ Shlomchik - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Activated B cells participate in either extrafollicular (EF) or germinal center (GC) responses.
Canonical responses are composed of a short wave of plasmablasts (PBs) arising from EF …

Extrafollicular B cell responses correlate with neutralizing antibodies and morbidity in COVID-19

MC Woodruff, RP Ramonell, DC Nguyen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
A wide spectrum of clinical manifestations has become a hallmark of the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) COVID-19 pandemic, although the …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-omics resolves a sharp disease-state shift between mild and moderate COVID-19

Y Su, D Chen, D Yuan, C Lausted, J Choi, CL Dai… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
We present an integrated analysis of the clinical measurements, immune cells, and plasma
multi-omics of 139 COVID-19 patients representing all levels of disease severity, from serial …

SARS-CoV-2 infection depends on cellular heparan sulfate and ACE2

TM Clausen, DR Sandoval, CB Spliid, J Pihl… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
We show that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein interacts with both cellular heparan sulfate and
angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) through its receptor-binding domain (RBD) …

[HTML][HTML] Imbalance of regulatory and cytotoxic SARS-CoV-2-reactive CD4+ T cells in COVID-19

BJ Meckiff, C Ramírez-Suástegui, V Fajardo, SJ Chee… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The contribution of CD4+ T cells to protective or pathogenic immune responses to SARS-
CoV-2 infection remains unknown. Here, we present single-cell transcriptomic analysis of> …

Rapid generation of durable B cell memory to SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid proteins in COVID-19 and convalescence

GE Hartley, ESJ Edwards, PM Aui, N Varese… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Lasting immunity following SARS-CoV-2 infection is questioned because serum antibodies
decline in convalescence. However, functional immunity is mediated by long-lived memory T …

[HTML][HTML] Compromised humoral functional evolution tracks with SARS-CoV-2 mortality

T Zohar, C Loos, S Fischinger, C Atyeo, C Wang… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The urgent need for an effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccine has forced development to progress
in the absence of well-defined correlates of immunity. While neutralization has been linked …

Discordant neutralizing antibody and T cell responses in asymptomatic and mild SARS-CoV-2 infection

CJ Reynolds, L Swadling, JM Gibbons, C Pade… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Understanding the nature of immunity following mild/asymptomatic infection with SARS-CoV-
2 is crucial to controlling the pandemic. We analyzed T cell and neutralizing antibody …

Quick COVID-19 healers sustain anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody production

Y Chen, A Zuiani, S Fischinger, J Mullur, C Atyeo… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Antibodies are key immune effectors that confer protection against pathogenic threats. The
nature and longevity of the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection are not well defined …