Can we predict T cell specificity with digital biology and machine learning?

D Hudson, RA Fernandes, M Basham, G Ogg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advances in machine learning and experimental biology have offered breakthrough
solutions to problems such as protein structure prediction that were long thought to be …

Scientific rationale for developing potent RBD-based vaccines targeting COVID-19

H Kleanthous, JM Silverman, KW Makar, IK Yoon… - npj Vaccines, 2021 - nature.com
Vaccination of the global population against COVID-19 is a great scientific, logistical, and
moral challenge. Despite the rapid development and authorization of several full-length …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple early factors anticipate post-acute COVID-19 sequelae

Y Su, D Yuan, DG Chen, RH Ng, K Wang, J Choi, S Li… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) represent an emerging global crisis. However,
quantifiable risk factors for PASC and their biological associations are poorly resolved. We …

Immunopathological signatures in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and pediatric COVID-19

K Sacco, R Castagnoli, S Vakkilainen, C Liu… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Pediatric Coronavirus Disease 2019 (pCOVID-19) is rarely severe; however, a
minority of children infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination elicits a robust and persistent T follicular helper cell response in humans

PA Mudd, AA Minervina, MV Pogorelyy, JS Turner… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines induce robust anti-spike (S) antibody and CD4+ T cell
responses. It is not yet clear whether vaccine-induced follicular helper CD4+ T (T FH) cell …

Pan-peptide meta learning for T-cell receptor–antigen binding recognition

Y Gao, Y Gao, Y Fan, C Zhu, Z Wei, C Zhou… - Nature Machine …, 2023 - nature.com
The identification of the mechanisms by which T-cell receptors (TCRs) interact with human
antigens provides a crucial opportunity to develop new vaccines, diagnostics and …

[HTML][HTML] A blood atlas of COVID-19 defines hallmarks of disease severity and specificity

DJ Ahern, Z Ai, M Ainsworth, C Allan, A Allcock… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Treatment of severe COVID-19 is currently limited by clinical heterogeneity and incomplete
description of specific immune biomarkers. We present here a comprehensive multi-omic …

HLA class I–associated expansion of TRBV11-2 T cells in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

RA Porritt, L Paschold, MN Rivas… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a hyperinflammatory syndrome
associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, shares clinical features with toxic shock syndrome …

Adaptive immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 persist in the pharyngeal lymphoid tissue of children

Q Xu, P Milanez-Almeida, AJ Martins, AJ Radtke… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Most studies of adaptive immunity to SARS-CoV-2 infection focus on peripheral blood, which
may not fully reflect immune responses at the site of infection. Using samples from 110 …

[HTML][HTML] Magnitude and dynamics of the T-cell response to SARS-CoV-2 infection at both individual and population levels

TM Snyder, RM Gittelman, M Klinger, DH May… - MedRxiv, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
T cells are involved in the early identification and clearance of viral infections and also
support the development of antibodies by B cells. This central role for T cells makes them a …