[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 variant biology: immune escape, transmission and fitness

AM Carabelli, TP Peacock, LG Thorne… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In late 2020, after circulating for almost a year in the human population, severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exhibited a major step change in its …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 evolution in the Omicron era

C Roemer, DJ Sheward, R Hisner, F Gueli… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Since SARS-CoV-2 BA. 5 (Omicron) emerged and spread in 2022, Omicron
lineages have markedly diversified. Here we review the evolutionary trajectories and …

Antibody escape of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 4 and BA. 5 from vaccine and BA. 1 serum

A Tuekprakhon, R Nutalai, A Dijokaite-Guraliuc… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The Omicron lineage of SARS-CoV-2, which was first described in November 2021, spread
rapidly to become globally dominant and has split into a number of sublineages. BA. 1 …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 variant evasion of monoclonal antibodies based on in vitro studies

MG Cox, TP Peacock, WT Harvey, J Hughes… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) offer a treatment option for individuals with severe COVID-19
and are especially important in high-risk individuals where vaccination is not an option …

FXR inhibition may protect from SARS-CoV-2 infection by reducing ACE2

T Brevini, M Maes, GJ Webb, BV John, CD Fuchs… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection by modulating viral host receptors, such as angiotensin-
converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), could represent a new chemoprophylactic approach for …

The immunology and immunopathology of COVID-19

M Merad, CA Blish, F Sallusto, A Iwasaki - Science, 2022 - science.org
Considerable research effort has been made worldwide to decipher the immune response
triggered upon severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections …

The emergence and epidemic characteristics of the highly mutated SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron variant

D Tian, Y Sun, H Xu, Q Ye - Journal of medical virology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) Omicron
variant (B. 1.1. 529) was first identified in Botswana in November 2021. It was first reported …

Efficacy and safety of intramuscular administration of tixagevimab–cilgavimab for early outpatient treatment of COVID-19 (TACKLE): a phase 3, randomised, double …

H Montgomery, FDR Hobbs, F Padilla… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Early intramuscular administration of SARS-CoV-2-neutralising monoclonal
antibody combination, tixagevimab–cilgavimab, to non-hospitalised adults with mild to …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron-B. 1.1. 529 leads to widespread escape from neutralizing antibody responses

W Dejnirattisai, J Huo, D Zhou, J Zahradník, P Supasa… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
On 24 th November 2021, the sequence of a new SARS-CoV-2 viral isolate Omicron-B. 1.1.
529 was announced, containing far more mutations in Spike (S) than previously reported …

Antigenicity and infectivity characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 BA. 2.86

S Yang, Y Yu, F Jian, W Song, A Yisimayi… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
The newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 saltation variant, BA. 2.86, has raised global concern
(appendix 1 p 7). By Sept 8, 2023, 95 sequences were detected, of which their early …