The immunology of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: what are the key questions?

RJ Boyton, DM Altmann - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
An important challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic has been to understand
asymptomatic disease and the extent to which this may be a source of transmission. As …

Steering and controlling evolution—from bioengineering to fighting pathogens

M Lässig, V Mustonen, A Nourmohammad - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Control interventions steer the evolution of molecules, viruses, microorganisms or other cells
towards a desired outcome. Applications range from engineering biomolecules and …

Single-cell immune profiling reveals distinct immune response in asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

XN Zhao, Y You, XM Cui, HX Gao, GL Wang… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
While some individuals infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) present mild-to-severe disease, many SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals are …

Epitope profiling using computational structural modelling demonstrated on coronavirus-binding antibodies

SA Robinson, MIJ Raybould, C Schneider… - PLoS computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Identifying the epitope of an antibody is a key step in understanding its function and its
potential as a therapeutic. Sequence-based clonal clustering can identify antibodies with …

Delineating COVID-19 immunological features using single-cell RNA sequencing

W Liu, J Jia, Y Dai, W Chen, G Pei, Q Yan, Z Zhao - The Innovation, 2022 - cell.com
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pathogenesis and immune response is vital for develo** therapies. Single-cell RNA …

Approaches for single-cell RNA sequencing across tissues and cell types

P Sant, K Rippe, JP Mallm - Transcription, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Single-cell sequencing of RNA (scRNA-seq) has advanced our understanding of cellular
heterogeneity and signaling in developmental biology and disease. A large number of …

B-cell receptor repertoire sequencing: Deeper digging into the mechanisms and clinical aspects of immune-mediated diseases

B Zheng, Y Yang, L Chen, M Wu, S Zhou - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
B cells play an essential role in adaptive immunity and are intimately correlated with
pleiotropic immune-mediated diseases. Each B cell occupies a unique B cell receptor …

On pre-trained language models for antibody

D Wang, F Ye, H Zhou - arxiv preprint arxiv:2301.12112, 2023 - arxiv.org
Antibodies are vital proteins offering robust protection for the human body from pathogens.
The development of general protein and antibody-specific pre-trained language models …

Modeling and predicting the overlap of B-and T-cell receptor repertoires in healthy and SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals

M Ruiz Ortega, N Spisak, T Mora, AM Walczak - PLoS Genetics, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Adaptive immunity's success relies on the extraordinary diversity of protein receptors on B
and T cell membranes. Despite this diversity, the existence of public receptors shared by …

Comparative global B cell receptor repertoire difference induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination via single-cell V (D) J sequencing

B He, S Liu, M Xu, Y Hu, K Lv, Y Wang… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Dynamic changes of the paired heavy and light chain B cell receptor (BCR) repertoire
provide an essential insight into understanding the humoral immune response post-SARS …