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ArticleeLife2023

The landscape of antibody binding affinity in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 evolution.

Alief Moulana, Thomas Dupic, Angela M Phillips, Jeffrey Chang, Anne A Roffler, Allison J Greaney, Tyler N Starr, Jesse D Bloom, Michael M Desai

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Article in eLife, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alief Moulana *Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0389-7082
Thomas Dupic *Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1803-1617
Angela M PhillipsDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9806-7574
Jeffrey Chang *Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.
Anne A RofflerBiological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8412-0322
Allison J GreaneyBasic Sciences Division and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States.
Tyler N StarrBasic Sciences Division and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6713-6904
Jesse D BloomBasic Sciences Division and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1267-3408
Michael M DesaiDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9581-1150
Harvard University · USCape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa · ZA

Funding

Microbial Adaptation and the Statistics of Epistasis and PleiotropyR01GM104239 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI DESAI, MICHAEL M · 2013 to 2025
$4.5M
Prospectively characterizing the functional and antigenic effects of mutations to viral entry proteinsR01AI141707 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI BLOOM, JESSE D · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI141707NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM104239
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Omicron BA.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 escapes convalescent sera and monoclonal antibodies that are effective against earlier strains of the virus. This immune evasion is largely a consequence of mutations in the BA.1 receptor binding domain (RBD), the major antigenic target of SARS-CoV-2. Previous studies have identified several key RBD mutations leading to escape from most antibodies. However, little is known about how these escape mutations interact with each other and with other mutations in the RBD. Here, we systematically map these interactions by measuring the binding affinity of all possible combinations of these 15 RBD mutations (2

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 SerotherapyEvolution, MolecularHumansMutationAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, Viralantibody escapeevolutionary biologyfitness landscapeimmune evasionomicron variantSARS-CoV-2S. cerevisiae

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PMID36803543
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