The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

K Tao, PL Tzou, J Nouhin, RK Gupta… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The past several months have witnessed the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with novel
spike protein mutations that are influencing the epidemiological and clinical aspects of the …

SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in vaccinated individuals: measurement, causes and impact

M Lipsitch, F Krammer, G Regev-Yochay… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Breakthrough infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) in fully vaccinated individuals are receiving intense scrutiny because of their importance …

Comparing COVID-19 vaccines for their characteristics, efficacy and effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern: a narrative review

T Fiolet, Y Kherabi, CJ MacDonald, J Ghosn… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Vaccines are critical cost-effective tools to control the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic. However, the emergence of variants of the severe acute respiratory …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on the total CD4+ and CD8+ T cell reactivity in infected or vaccinated individuals

A Tarke, J Sidney, N Methot, ED Yu, Y Zhang… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with evidence of antibody escape highlight the
importance of addressing whether the total CD4+ and CD8+ T cell recognition is also …

SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern partially escape humoral but not T cell responses in COVID-19 convalescent donors and vaccine recipients

D Geers, MC Shamier, S Bogers, G den Hartog… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants harboring mutations in the spike (S) protein has
raised concern about potential immune escape. Here, we studied humoral and cellular …

Durability of mRNA-1273 vaccine–induced antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants

A Pegu, SE O'Connell, SD Schmidt, S O'Dell… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mutations may diminish
vaccine-induced protective immune responses, particularly as antibody titers wane over …

SARS-CoV-2 immune evasion by the B. 1.427/B. 1.429 variant of concern

M McCallum, J Bassi, A De Marco, A Chen, AC Walls… - Science, 2021 - science.org
A novel variant of concern (VOC) named CAL. 20C (B. 1.427/B. 1.429), which was originally
detected in California, carries spike glycoprotein mutations S13I in the signal peptide …

Infection and vaccine-induced neutralizing-antibody responses to the SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.617 variants

VV Edara, BA Pinsky, MS Suthar, L Lai… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Neutralizing Activity against SARS-CoV-2 Variants Among samples obtained from persons
who had received the mRNA-1273 or BNT162b2 vaccines, neutralizing antibody titers …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal analysis shows durable and broad immune memory after SARS-CoV-2 infection with persisting antibody responses and memory B and T cells

KW Cohen, SL Linderman, Z Moodie, J Czartoski… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic will require long-lived immunity to SARS-CoV-2. Here, we
evaluate 254 COVID-19 patients longitudinally up to 8 months and find durable broad-based …

Identification of SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors targeting Mpro and PLpro using in-cell-protease assay

A Narayanan, M Narwal, SA Majowicz… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 proteases Mpro and PLpro are promising targets for antiviral drug
development. In this study, we present an antiviral screening strategy involving a novel in …