Opportunities and challenges for T cell-based influenza vaccines

TR Mosmann, AJ McMichael, A LeVert… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Vaccination remains our main defence against influenza, which causes substantial annual
mortality and poses a serious pandemic threat. Influenza virus evades immunity by rapidly …

Targetable elements in SARS-CoV-2 S2 subunit for the design of pan-coronavirus fusion inhibitors and vaccines

L Guo, S Lin, Z Chen, Y Cao, B He, G Lu - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), has caused devastating impacts …

Prior vaccination promotes early activation of memory T cells and enhances immune responses during SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection

MM Painter, TS Johnston, KA Lundgreen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection of vaccinated
individuals is increasingly common but rarely results in severe disease, likely due to the …

Acute and post-acute respiratory complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection: population-based cohort study in South Korea and Japan

Y Choi, HJ Kim, J Park, M Lee, S Kim… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Considering the significant burden of post-acute COVID-19 conditions among patients
infected with SARS-CoV-2, we aimed to identify the risk of acute respiratory complications or …

Respiratory mucosal immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 after infection and vaccination

E Mitsi, MO Diniz, J Reiné, AM Collins… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Respiratory mucosal immunity induced by vaccination is vital for protection from coronavirus
infection in animal models. In humans, the capacity of peripheral vaccination to generate …

Transforming vaccinology

R Rappuoli, G Alter, B Pulendran - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The COVID-19 pandemic placed the field of vaccinology squarely at the center of global
consciousness, emphasizing the vital role of vaccines as transformative public health tools …

SARS-CoV-2 XBB. 1.5 mRNA booster vaccination elicits limited mucosal immunity

N Lasrado, M Rowe, K McMahan… - Science translational …, 2024 - science.org
Current COVID-19 vaccines provide robust protection against severe disease but minimal
protection against acquisition of infection. Intramuscularly administered COVID-19 vaccines …

SARS-CoV-2 inflammation durably imprints memory CD4 T cells

SL Gray-Gaillard, SM Solis, HM Chen, C Monteiro… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Memory CD4 T cells are critical to human immunity, yet it is unclear whether viral
inflammation during memory formation has long-term consequences. Here, we compared …

CD8+ T cell memory induced by successive SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinations is characterized by shifts in clonal dominance

H Aoki, M Kitabatake, H Abe, P Xu, M Tsunoda… - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
Summary mRNA vaccines against the spike glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) elicit strong T cell responses. However, a clonal …

Durability of immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination

MS Suthar - Seminars in Immunology, 2024 - Elsevier
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 in humans has caused a pandemic of unprecedented
dimensions. SARS-CoV-2 is primarily transmitted through respiratory droplets and targets …