[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: recent progress and future perspectives

Y Fan, X Li, L Zhang, S Wan, L Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there have been
a few variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), one of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2 spike

D Yamasoba, I Kimura, H Nasser, Y Morioka, N Nao… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Soon after the emergence and global spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineage BA. 1,
another Omicron lineage, BA. 2, began outcompeting BA. 1. The results of statistical analysis …

Deep-learning-enabled protein–protein interaction analysis for prediction of SARS-CoV-2 infectivity and variant evolution

G Wang, X Liu, K Wang, Y Gao, G Li… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Host–pathogen interactions and pathogen evolution are underpinned by protein–protein
interactions between viral and host proteins. An understanding of how viral variants affect …

Omicron: what makes the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern so concerning?

C Jung, D Kmiec, L Koepke, F Zech, T Jacob… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Emerging strains of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the
causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, that show …

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 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 …

Omicron variant Spike-specific antibody binding and Fc activity are preserved in recipients of mRNA or inactivated COVID-19 vaccines

YC Bartsch, X Tong, J Kang, MJ Avendaño… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been shown to evade neutralizing antibodies
elicited by vaccination or infection. Despite the global spread of the Omicron variant, even …

SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant: epidemiological features, biological characteristics, and clinical significance

Y Guo, J Han, Y Zhang, J He, W Yu, X Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B. 1.1529) variant was designated as a variant of concern (VOC)
by the World Health Organization (WHO) on November 26, 2021. Within two months, it had …

Clinical outcomes among patients infected with Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) SARS-CoV-2 variant in southern California

JA Lewnard, VX Hong, MM Patel, R Kahn, M Lipsitch… - MedRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
ABSTRACT Background The Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant of SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly
achieved global dissemination, accounting for most infections in the United States by …