2022
Neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants following heterologous CoronaVac plus BNT162b2 booster vaccination
Pérez-Then E, Lucas C, Monteiro VS, Miric M, Brache V, Cochon L, Vogels CBF, Malik AA, De la Cruz E, Jorge A, De los Santos M, Leon P, Breban MI, Billig K, Yildirim I, Pearson C, Downing R, Gagnon E, Muyombwe A, Razeq J, Campbell M, Ko AI, Omer SB, Grubaugh ND, Vermund SH, Iwasaki A. Neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants following heterologous CoronaVac plus BNT162b2 booster vaccination. Nature Medicine 2022, 28: 481-485. PMID: 35051990, PMCID: PMC8938264, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-01705-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTwo-dose regimenOmicron variantVaccine boosterMRNA vaccinesNeutralization activityDelta variantTwo-dose mRNA vaccinesVirus-specific antibody levelsSARS-CoV-2 Omicron variantMRNA vaccine boosterNeutralization of OmicronNumerous spike mutationsSARS-CoV-2 DeltaPotent neutralization activityInfection-induced immunityCOVID-19 vaccineBNT162b2 boosterBooster vaccinationPrime vaccinationAntibody levelsAntibody titersHumoral immunityImmune escapeInactivated vaccinesVaccine
2021
High-resolution epitope mapping and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in large cohorts of subjects with COVID-19
Haynes WA, Kamath K, Bozekowski J, Baum-Jones E, Campbell M, Casanovas-Massana A, Daugherty PS, Dela Cruz CS, Dhal A, Farhadian SF, Fitzgibbons L, Fournier J, Jhatro M, Jordan G, Klein J, Lucas C, Kessler D, Luchsinger LL, Martinez B, Catherine Muenker M, Pischel L, Reifert J, Sawyer JR, Waitz R, Wunder EA, Zhang M, Iwasaki A, Ko A, Shon J. High-resolution epitope mapping and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in large cohorts of subjects with COVID-19. Communications Biology 2021, 4: 1317. PMID: 34811480, PMCID: PMC8608966, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02835-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2SARS-CoV-2 antibodiesRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2SARS-CoV-2 epitopesSyndrome coronavirus 2SARS-CoV-2 strainsHigh-resolution epitope mappingCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2SARS-CoV-2 mutantsCoronavirus 2Antibody responseEffective vaccineImmune responseNeutralization activitySevere diseaseLarge cohortEpitope regionsAntibody epitopesEpitope mappingRelated coronavirusesTherapyVaccineViral proteome