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 …

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] SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike mutations and immune escape

WT Harvey, AM Carabelli, B Jackson… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Although most mutations in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) genome are expected to be either deleterious and swiftly purged or relatively …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Increased resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variant P. 1 to antibody neutralization

P Wang, RG Casner, MS Nair, M Wang, J Yu… - Cell host & …, 2021 - cell.com
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants has raised concerns about altered sensitivity to
antibody-mediated immunity. The relative resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variants B. 1.1. 7 and …

[HTML][HTML] Novel SARS-CoV-2 variants: the pandemics within the pandemic

E Boehm, I Kronig, RA Neher, I Eckerle, P Vetter… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Many new variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) have been termed variants of concern/interest (VOC/I) because of the greater …

Mapping mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 RBD that escape binding by different classes of antibodies

AJ Greaney, TN Starr, CO Barnes, Y Weisblum… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies targeting a variety of epitopes have been isolated from individuals
previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, but the relative contributions of these different …

Effectiveness of mRNA-1273 vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariants BA. 1, BA. 2, BA. 2.12. 1, BA. 4, and BA. 5

HF Tseng, BK Ackerson, KJ Bruxvoort, LS Sy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Studies have reported reduced natural SARS-CoV-2 infection-and vaccine-induced
neutralization against omicron BA. 4/BA. 5 compared with earlier omicron subvariants. This …

Impact of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants on mRNA vaccine-induced immunity

C Lucas, CBF Vogels, I Yildirim, JE Rothman, P Lu… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with mutations in major neutralizing antibody-
binding sites can affect humoral immunity induced by infection or vaccination,,,,–. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination induces functionally diverse antibodies to NTD, RBD, and S2

F Amanat, M Thapa, T Lei, SMS Ahmed, DC Adelsberg… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
In this study we profiled vaccine-induced polyclonal antibodies as well as plasmablast-
derived mAbs from individuals who received SARS-CoV-2 spike mRNA vaccine. Polyclonal …