mRNA-based therapeutics: powerful and versatile tools to combat diseases

S Qin, X Tang, Y Chen, K Chen, N Fan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The therapeutic use of messenger RNA (mRNA) has fueled great hope to combat a wide
range of incurable diseases. Recent rapid advances in biotechnology and molecular …

COVID-19 vaccination: The road ahead

DM Altmann, RJ Boyton - Science, 2022 - science.org
A diverse array of successful, first-generation SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have played a huge
role in efforts to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control, even though inequitable …

BA. 2.12. 1, BA. 4 and BA. 5 escape antibodies elicited by Omicron infection

Y Cao, A Yisimayi, F Jian, W Song, T **ao, L Wang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron sublineages BA.
2.12. 1, BA. 4 and BA. 5 exhibit higher transmissibility than the BA. 2 lineage. The receptor …

Omicron escapes the majority of existing SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies

Y Cao, J Wang, F Jian, T **ao, W Song, A Yisimayi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.1. 529 (Omicron) variant contains 15 mutations of the
receptor-binding domain (RBD). How Omicron evades RBD-targeted neutralizing antibodies …

Imprinted antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages

YJ Park, D Pinto, AC Walls, Z Liu, A De Marco… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron sublineages carry
distinct spike mutations resulting in escape from antibodies induced by previous infection or …

[HTML][HTML] Virological and serological kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant vaccine breakthrough infections: a multicentre cohort study

PY Chia, SWX Ong, CJ Chiew, LW Ang… - Clinical microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Highly effective vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been developed but variants of concerns are worrisome, especially B …

Omicron BA. 1 breakthrough infection drives cross-variant neutralization and memory B cell formation against conserved epitopes

J Quandt, A Muik, N Salisch, BG Lui, S Lutz… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Omicron is the evolutionarily most distinct severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) variant of concern (VOC) to date. We report that Omicron BA. 1 breakthrough …

COVID-19 vaccine update: vaccine effectiveness, SARS-CoV-2 variants, boosters, adverse effects, and immune correlates of protection

WY Chi, YD Li, HC Huang, TEH Chan, SY Chow… - Journal of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been the most severe public health
challenge in this century. Two years after its emergence, the rapid development and …

The humoral response and antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 infection

H Qi, B Liu, X Wang, L Zhang - Nature Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Two and a half years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we have gained many insights into the
human antibody response to the causative SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this Review, we …

Monoclonal antibody therapies against SARS-CoV-2

D Focosi, S McConnell, A Casadevall… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 have been widely
used in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we review the properties of mAbs …