The germinal centre B cell response to SARS-CoV-2

BJ Laidlaw, AH Ellebedy - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
The germinal centre (GC) response is critical for the generation of affinity-matured plasma
cells and memory B cells capable of mediating long-term protective immunity …

Tackling COVID-19 with neutralizing monoclonal antibodies

D Corti, LA Purcell, G Snell, D Veesler - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have revolutionized the treatment of several human
diseases, including cancer and autoimmunity and inflammatory conditions, and represent a …

A chimeric hemagglutinin-based universal influenza virus vaccine approach induces broad and long-lasting immunity in a randomized, placebo-controlled phase I trial

R Nachbagauer, J Feser, A Naficy, DI Bernstein… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Seasonal influenza viruses constantly change through antigenic drift and the emergence of
pandemic influenza viruses through antigenic shift is unpredictable. Conventional influenza …

Learning the language of viral evolution and escape

B Hie, ED Zhong, B Berger, B Bryson - Science, 2021 - science.org
The ability for viruses to mutate and evade the human immune system and cause infection,
called viral escape, remains an obstacle to antiviral and vaccine development …

[HTML][HTML] The human antibody response to influenza A virus infection and vaccination

F Krammer - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
The adaptive immune response to influenza virus infection is multifaceted and complex,
involving antibody and cellular responses at both systemic and mucosal levels. Immune …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike N439K variants maintain fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity

EC Thomson, LE Rosen, JG Shepherd, R Spreafico… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 can mutate and evade immunity, with consequences for efficacy of emerging
vaccines and antibody therapeutics. Here, we demonstrate that the immunodominant SARS …

Deep mutational scanning of H5 hemagglutinin to inform influenza virus surveillance

B Dadonaite, JJ Ahn, JT Ort, J Yu, C Furey… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
H5 influenza is considered a potential pandemic threat. Recently, H5 viruses belonging to
clade 2.3. 4.4 b have caused large outbreaks in avian and multiple nonhuman mammalian …

Porous gold nanoparticles for attenuating infectivity of influenza A virus

J Kim, M Yeom, T Lee, HO Kim, W Na, A Kang… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Influenza viruses (IVs) have become increasingly resistant to antiviral
drugs that target neuraminidase and matrix protein 2 due to gene mutations that alter their …

Preexisting immunity shapes distinct antibody landscapes after influenza virus infection and vaccination in humans

HL Dugan, JJ Guthmiller, P Arevalo, M Huang… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Humans are repeatedly exposed to variants of influenza virus throughout their lifetime. As a
result, preexisting influenza-specific memory B cells can dominate the response after …

The circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike variant N439K maintains fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity

EC Thomson, LE Rosen, JG Shepherd, R Spreafico… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
SARS-CoV-2 can mutate to evade immunity, with consequences for the efficacy of emerging
vaccines and antibody therapeutics. Herein we demonstrate that the immunodominant …