Omicron: what makes the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern so concerning?

C Jung, D Kmiec, L Koepke, F Zech, T Jacob… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Emerging strains of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the
causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, that show …

Immune response in COVID-19: what is next?

Q Li, Y Wang, Q Sun, J Knopf, M Herrmann… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a global pandemic for more
than 2 years and it still impacts our daily lifestyle and quality in unprecedented ways. A …

Attenuated replication and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.1. 529 Omicron

H Shuai, JFW Chan, B Hu, Y Chai, TTT Yuen, F Yin… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant of SARS-CoV-2 emerged in November 2021 and
is rapidly spreading among the human population. Although recent reports reveal that the …

Structural basis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron immune evasion and receptor engagement

M McCallum, N Czudnochowski, LE Rosen, SK Zepeda… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of
concern evades antibody-mediated immunity that comes from vaccination or infection with …

Divergent SARS-CoV-2 variant emerges in white-tailed deer with deer-to-human transmission

B Pickering, O Lung, F Maguire, P Kruczkiewicz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Wildlife reservoirs of broad-host-range viruses have the potential to enable evolution of viral
variants that can emerge to infect humans. In North America, there is phylogenomic …

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant shows less efficient replication and fusion activity when compared with Delta variant in TMPRSS2-expressed cells

H Zhao, L Lu, Z Peng, LL Chen, X Meng… - Emerging microbes & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The novel SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529), first found in early
November 2021, has sparked considerable global concern and it has> 50 mutations, many …

Limited cross-variant immunity from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron without vaccination

RK Suryawanshi, IP Chen, T Ma, AM Syed, N Brazer… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron are globally relevant variants of concern. Although
individuals infected with Delta are at risk of develo** severe lung disease, infection with …

Accelerating antiviral drug discovery: lessons from COVID-19

A von Delft, MD Hall, AD Kwong, LA Purcell… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a wave of rapid and
collaborative drug discovery efforts took place in academia and industry, culminating in …

Broadly neutralizing antibodies overcome SARS-CoV-2 Omicron antigenic shift

E Cameroni, JE Bowen, LE Rosen, C Saliba… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The recently emerged SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant encodes 37 amino acid substitutions in
the spike protein, 15 of which are in the receptor-binding domain (RBD), thereby raising …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) and its sublineages: What do we know so far amid the emergence of recombinant variants of SARS-CoV-2?

M Dhawan, ARA Saied, S Mitra, FA Alhumaydhi… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been
reported worldwide. The advent of variants of concern (VOCs) raises severe concerns amid …