ReviewViruses2021
Immune Evasion of SARS-CoV-2 Emerging Variants: What Have We Learnt So Far?
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117 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 193 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses of COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-Cov-2 Omicron variant: a systemic review.International journal of biological sciences · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of Vaccine Breakthrough Infections by SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant.International journal of biological sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Gamma SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern infection repercussions on pregnancy outcomes: A translational cohort study.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Article
- Transcriptomic insights into the immune dynamics of wild-type mice challenged with SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant.Laboratory animal research · 2026Article
- Structural and Computational Insights into the Attenuated Innate Immune Recognition of the SARS-CoV-2 N15 Lineage, an Early-Pandemic Variant.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026Article
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- Antigen Format Determines Immunogenicity of AAV-Based SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines: Full-Length Spike Versus Truncated Subunits.Vaccines · 2025Article
- An Italian Single-Center Genomic Surveillance Study: Two-Year Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Mutations.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Genomic and epidemiological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants during the pre-mass vaccination period in Botucatu, Brazil.Virus genes · 2025Article
- Structural and Conformational Impact of Deleterious Spike Protein Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Lineages.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Enhanced Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses Elicited by Adenoviral Delivery of SARS-CoV-2 Receptor-Binding Motif Fused to Human Fc.Vaccines · 2024Article
- Lack of memory recall in human CD4 T cells elicited by the first encounter with SARS-CoV-2.iScience · 2024Article
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- Potential of traditional medicines in alleviating COVID-19 symptoms.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- Predicting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants: An artificial intelligence enabled early detection.PNAS nexus · 2024Article
- Infection and Vaccine Induced Spike Antibody Responses Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in COVID-19-Naïve Children and Adults.Journal of clinical immunology · 2023Article
- Differential Transcriptomic Landscapes of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Multiple Organs from Infected Rhesus Macaques.Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics · 2023Article
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- Vaccination and Omicron BA.1/BA.2 Convalescence Enhance Systemic but Not Mucosal Immunity against BA.4/5.Microbiology spectrum · 2023Article
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Abstract
Despite the slow evolutionary rate of SARS-CoV-2 relative to other RNA viruses, its massive and rapid transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic has enabled it to acquire significant genetic diversity since it first entered the human population. This led to the emergence of numerous variants, some of them recently being labeled "variants of concern" (VOC), due to their potential impact on transmission, morbidity/mortality, and the evasion of neutralization by antibodies elicited by infection, vaccination, or therapeutic application. The potential to evade neutralization is the result of diversity of the target epitopes generated by the accumulation of mutations in the spike protein. While three globally recognized VOCs (Alpha or B.1.1.7, Beta or B.1.351, and Gamma or P.1) remain sensitive to neutralization albeit at reduced levels by the sera of convalescent individuals and recipients of several anti-COVID19 vaccines, the effect of spike variability is much more evident on the neutralization capacity of monoclonal antibodies. The newly recognized VOC Delta or lineage B.1.617.2, as well as locally accepted VOCs (Epsilon or B.1.427/29-US and B1.1.7 with the E484K-UK) are indicating the necessity of close monitoring of new variants on a global level. The VOCs characteristics, their mutational patterns, and the role mutations play in immune evasion are summarized in this review.
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