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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

Potential immune evasion of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variants.

Luyi Chen, Ying He, Hongye Liu, Yongjun Shang, Guoning Guo

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Luyi ChenChongqing Nankai Secondary School, Chongqing, China.
Ying HeDepartment of Orthopedics, Kweichow MouTai Hospital, Renhuai, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
Hongye LiuDepartment of Orthopedics, Kweichow MouTai Hospital, Renhuai, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
Yongjun ShangDepartment of Orthopedics, Kweichow MouTai Hospital, Renhuai, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
Guoning GuoDepartment of Orthopedics, Kweichow MouTai Hospital, Renhuai, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused a global pandemic. The Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) was first discovered in November 2021 in specimens collected from Botswana, South Africa. Omicron has become the dominant variant worldwide, and several sublineages or subvariants have been identified recently. Compared to those of other mutants, the Omicron variant has the most highly expressed amino acid mutations, with almost 60 mutations throughout the genome, most of which are in the spike (S) protein, especially in the receptor-binding domain (RBD). These mutations increase the binding affinity of Omicron variants for the ACE2 receptor, and Omicron variants may also lead to immune escape. Despite causing milder symptoms, epidemiological evidence suggests that Omicron variants have exceptionally higher transmissibility, higher rates of reinfection and greater spread than the prototype strain as well as other preceding variants. Additionally, overwhelming amounts of data suggest that the levels of specific neutralization antibodies against Omicron variants decrease in most vaccinated populations, although CD4

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