[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] The T cell immune response against SARS-CoV-2

P Moss - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
The adaptive immune response is a major determinant of the clinical outcome after SARS-
CoV-2 infection and underpins vaccine efficacy. T cell responses develop early and …

[HTML][HTML] T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike cross-recognize Omicron

R Keeton, MB Tincho, A Ngomti, R Baguma, N Benede… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) has multiple spike protein
mutations, that contribute to viral escape from antibody neutralization,,–and reduce vaccine …

Immunological memory to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and COVID‐19 vaccines

A Sette, S Crotty - Immunological reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Immunological memory is the basis of protective immunity provided by vaccines and
previous infections. Immunological memory can develop from multiple branches of the …

[HTML][HTML] Ancestral SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells cross-recognize the Omicron variant

Y Gao, C Cai, A Grifoni, TR Müller, J Niessl… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant of concern (VOC) has destabilized global efforts to control the …

Correlates of protection against SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and COVID‐19 disease

D Goldblatt, G Alter, S Crotty… - Immunological reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Antibodies against epitopes in S1 give the most accurate CoP against infection by the SARS‐
CoV‐2 coronavirus. Measurement of those antibodies by neutralization or binding assays …

[HTML][HTML] T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2

A Sette, J Sidney, S Crotty - Annual review of immunology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
A large body of evidence generated in the last two and a half years addresses the roles of T
cells in SARS-CoV-2 infection and following vaccination. Infection or vaccination induces …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory mucosal delivery of next-generation COVID-19 vaccine provides robust protection against both ancestral and variant strains of SARS-CoV-2

S Afkhami, MR D'Agostino, A Zhang, HD Stacey… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) threaten the effectiveness of current
COVID-19 vaccines administered intramuscularly and designed to only target the spike …

[HTML][HTML] T cell reactivity to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is preserved in most but not all individuals

V Naranbhai, A Nathan, C Kaseke, C Berrios, A Khatri… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) contains mutations that mediate
escape from antibody responses, although the extent to which these substitutions in spike …

[HTML][HTML] Immunological mechanisms of vaccine-induced protection against COVID-19 in humans

M Sadarangani, A Marchant… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Most COVID-19 vaccines are designed to elicit immune responses, ideally neutralizing
antibodies (NAbs), against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Several vaccines, including …