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Natural Infection of Omicron BA.5.2 in Patients Provides Broad Immune Responses Against SARS-CoV-2.

Le Li, Tang Feng, Quan Shen, Xiaoshan Shi, Zhigong Wei, Wanze Chen, Fan Yang, Yueting Zhu, Chengxin Zhang, Shuang Zhang and 6 more

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Article in Microorganisms, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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16 authors.

Le LiState Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Tang FengDepartment of Biotherapy, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Quan ShenState Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Xiaoshan ShiState Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7931-8684
Zhigong WeiDepartment of Biotherapy, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Wanze ChenState Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Fan YangUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Yueting ZhuDepartment of Biotherapy, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Chengxin ZhangState Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7290-1324
Shuang ZhangDepartment of Biotherapy, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Qisi ZhangState Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Shengwei FuState Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Ning WangShenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Wen-Xia TianCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6018-5180
Jiyan LiuDepartment of Biotherapy, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4885-5481
Longlong SiState Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.

Funding

National Key R&D Program of China grant no. 2024YFA0920000National Natural Science Foundation of China grant no. 82273837Shenzhen Medical Research Fund grant no. B2303001Shenzhen Science and Technology Program grant no. JCYJ20220818101405011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The implementation of COVID-19 policy and the rapid development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in the early pandemic significantly contained numerous outbreaks and reduced the severity and mortality of COVID-19. However, the population immunity induced by existing vaccines was insufficient to prevent SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks. The host immunity induced by the wide spread of Omicron variants and its influence on emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants are attracting broad attention. In this study, a clinical data analysis of the patients indicated that pre-vaccination reduced inflammatory responses and mitigated the severity of COVID-19 cases caused by natural infection with Omicron BA.5.2. The analysis of adaptive immune responses indicated that natural infection with BA.5.2 induced robust and broad immune responses, including both humoral and T cell-mediated immune responses (IFN-γ) against highly conserved viral antigens, and provided cross-reactive neutralization against various viral variants. Collectively, we report that the natural infection with Omicron BA.5.2 induced broad cross-reactive immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants, which suggests that the development of a live attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine with desired safety, high efficacy, broad spectrum, and long-term immune persistence is feasible. Therefore, we suggest that herd immunity, achieved through vaccination with attenuated vaccines, combined with booster doses of existing vaccines and antiviral therapy for people with high viral loads, may contribute to the eradication of this virus.

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breakthrough infectionbroad immune responsesherd immunitynatural infectionSARS-CoV-2

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