Vaccines and therapeutics for immunocompromised patients with COVID-19

S Shoham, C Batista, YB Amor, O Ergonul… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted immunocompromised patients.
This diverse group is at increased risk for impaired vaccine responses, progression to …

Challenges and developments in universal vaccine design against SARS-CoV-2 variants

F Zhao, X Zai, Z Zhang, J Xu, W Chen - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had
become a global concern because of its unexpectedly high pathogenicity and …

[HTML][HTML] Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 BQ and XBB subvariants

Q Wang, S Iketani, Z Li, L Liu, Y Guo, Y Huang… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The BQ and XBB subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron are now rapidly expanding, possibly
due to altered antibody evasion properties deriving from their additional spike mutations …

Resistance of Omicron subvariants BA. 2.75. 2, BA. 4.6, and BQ. 1.1 to neutralizing antibodies

D Planas, T Bruel, I Staropoli… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Convergent evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2, BA. 4, and BA. 5 lineages has led to
the emergence of several new subvariants, including BA. 2.75. 2, BA. 4.6. and BQ. 1.1. The …

Rational identification of potent and broad sarbecovirus-neutralizing antibody cocktails from SARS convalescents

Y Cao, F Jian, Z Zhang, A Yisimayi, X Hao, L Bao… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron sublineages have
escaped most receptor-binding domain (RBD)-targeting therapeutic neutralizing antibodies …

Antibodies targeting a quaternary site on SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein prevent viral receptor engagement by conformational locking

L Liu, RG Casner, Y Guo, Q Wang, S Iketani, JFW Chan… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 continues to evolve, with many variants evading clinically authorized
antibodies. To isolate monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with broadly neutralizing capacities …

Immune evasion of neutralizing antibodies by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

L Wang, M Møhlenberg, P Wang, H Zhou - Cytokine & growth factor …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since its emergence at the end of 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) has caused the infection of more than 600 million people worldwide and has …

An overview of the vaccine platforms to combat COVID-19 with a focus on the subunit vaccines

F Bayani, NS Hashkavaei, S Arjmand, S Rezaei… - Progress in Biophysics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emerging virus that
has caused the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic. The current …

A critical analysis of the use of cilgavimab plus tixagevimab monoclonal antibody cocktail (Evusheld™) for COVID-19 prophylaxis and treatment

D Focosi, A Casadevall - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Evusheld®(tixagevimab+ cilgavimab; AZD7442) was the first anti-Spike monoclonal
antibody (mAb) cocktail designed not only for treatment but also with pre-exposure …

Antibodies to watch in 2023

H Kaplon, S Crescioli, A Chenoweth, J Visweswaraiah… - MAbs, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this 14th installment of the annual Antibodies to Watch article series, we discuss key
events in commercial monoclonal antibody therapeutics development that occurred in 2022 …