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 …

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 …

mRNA vaccines induce durable immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern

RR Goel, MM Painter, SA Apostolidis, D Mathew… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mRNA
vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection and especially severe disease …

Rapid and stable mobilization of CD8+ T cells by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine

V Oberhardt, H Luxenburger, J Kemming, I Schulien… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 spike mRNA vaccines,–mediate protection from severe disease as early as ten
days after prime vaccination, when neutralizing antibodies are hardly detectable,–. Vaccine …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infection induces long-lived bone marrow plasma cells in humans

JS Turner, W Kim, E Kalaidina, CW Goss, AM Rauseo… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Long-lived bone marrow plasma cells (BMPCs) are a persistent and essential source of
protective antibodies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 have …

[HTML][HTML] Breadth of concomitant immune responses prior to patient recovery: a case report of non-severe COVID-19

I Thevarajan, THO Nguyen, M Koutsakos, J Druce… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
To the Editor—We report the kinetics of immune responses in relation to clinical and
virological features of a patient with mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Rapid generation of durable B cell memory to SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid proteins in COVID-19 and convalescence

GE Hartley, ESJ Edwards, PM Aui, N Varese… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Lasting immunity following SARS-CoV-2 infection is questioned because serum antibodies
decline in convalescence. However, functional immunity is mediated by long-lived memory T …

[HTML][HTML] Maturation and persistence of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 memory B cell response

A Sokal, P Chappert, G Barba-Spaeth, A Roeser… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Memory B cells play a fundamental role in host defenses against viruses, but to date, their
role has been relatively unsettled in the context of SARS-CoV-2. We report here a …

Recall of preexisting cross-reactive B cell memory after Omicron BA. 1 breakthrough infection

CI Kaku, AJ Bergeron, C Ahlm, J Normark… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Understanding immune responses after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) breakthrough infection will facilitate the development of next-generation …