Can we predict T cell specificity with digital biology and machine learning?

D Hudson, RA Fernandes, M Basham, G Ogg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advances in machine learning and experimental biology have offered breakthrough
solutions to problems such as protein structure prediction that were long thought to be …

Cancer vaccines: Building a bridge over troubled waters

MLC Sellars, CJ Wu, EF Fritsch - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Cancer vaccines aim to direct the immune system to eradicate cancer cells. Here we review
the essential immunologic concepts underpinning natural immunity and highlight the …

Immune boosting by B. 1.1. 529 (Omicron) depends on previous SARS-CoV-2 exposure

CJ Reynolds, C Pade, JM Gibbons, AD Otter, KM Lin… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The Omicron, or Pango lineage B. 1.1. 529, variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) carries multiple spike mutations with high transmissibility and …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 vaccination induces immunological T cell memory able to cross-recognize variants from Alpha to Omicron

A Tarke, CH Coelho, Z Zhang, JM Dan, ED Yu… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
We address whether T cell responses induced by different vaccine platforms (mRNA-1273,
BNT162b2, Ad26. COV2. S, and NVX-CoV2373) cross-recognize early SARS-CoV-2 …

Non-viral precision T cell receptor replacement for personalized cell therapy

SP Foy, K Jacoby, DA Bota, T Hunter, Z Pan, E Stawiski… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
T cell receptors (TCRs) enable T cells to specifically recognize mutations in cancer cells,–.
Here we developed a clinical-grade approach based on CRISPR–Cas9 non-viral precision …

Efficient evolution of human antibodies from general protein language models

BL Hie, VR Shanker, D Xu, TUJ Bruun… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Natural evolution must explore a vast landscape of possible sequences for desirable yet
rare mutations, suggesting that learning from natural evolutionary strategies could guide …

[HTML][HTML] T cell reactivity to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is preserved in most but not all individuals

V Naranbhai, A Nathan, C Kaseke, C Berrios, A Khatri… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) contains mutations that mediate
escape from antibody responses, although the extent to which these substitutions in spike …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 spike L452R variant evades cellular immunity and increases infectivity

C Motozono, M Toyoda, J Zahradnik, A Saito… - Cell host & …, 2021 - cell.com
Many SARS-CoV-2 variants with naturally acquired mutations have emerged. These
mutations can affect viral properties such as infectivity and immune resistance. Although the …

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 …