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ArticleScience immunology2025

Germinal center-mediated broadening of B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 booster immunization.

Sameer Kumar Malladi, Deepika Jaiswal, Baoling Ying, Wafaa B Alsoussi, Tamarand L Darling, Bernadeta Dadonaite, Alesandro Civljak, Stephen C Horvath, Julian Q Zhou, Wooseob Kim and 20 more

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Article in Science immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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30 authors.

Sameer Kumar MalladiDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5131-4518
Deepika JaiswalDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9565-1302
Baoling YingDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9344-9004
Wafaa B AlsoussiDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5805-4461
Tamarand L DarlingDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6640-9165
Bernadeta DadonaiteBasic Sciences Division and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0908-6982
Alesandro CivljakDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Stephen C HorvathDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5324-1666
Julian Q ZhouDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9602-2092
Wooseob KimDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9199-1000
Jackson S TurnerDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4396-6265
Aaron J SchmitzDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8077-6751
Fangjie HanDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Suzanne M ScheafferDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-0459-0816
Christopher W FarnsworthDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Raffael NachbagauerModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5568-5420
Biliana NestorovaModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-1588-5979
Spyros ChalkiasModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Michael K KlebertClinical Trials Unit, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3329-3674
Darin K EdwardsModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Robert ParisModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3234-5989
Benjamin S StrnadMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2308-1299
William D MiddletonMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Jane A O'HalloranDivision of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Rachel M PrestiDivision of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5469-0727
Jesse D BloomBasic Sciences Division and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1267-3408
Adrianus C M BoonDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4700-8224
Michael S DiamondDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8791-3165
Goran BajicDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0480-4324
Ali H EllebedyDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6129-2532

Funding

NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response: Universal Influenza Vaccine Research Activities75N93021C00016 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI WEBBY, RICHARD · 2021 to 2025
$91.4M
Vaccine FacilityP30CA016087 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI ADRIANA HEGUY · 1985 to 2026
$83.1M
NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response: Universal Influenza Vaccine Research Activities75N93021C00014 · NIAID · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI GARCIA-SASTRE, ADOLFO · 2021 to 2025
$62.6M
Conduits: Mount Sinai Health System Translational Science HubUL1TR004419 · NCATS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Rosalind J Wright · 2022 to 2026
$46.4M
The Development and Evaluation of Pan-Coronavirus VaccinesP01AI168347 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Michael S Diamond · 2022 to 2026
$15.9M
Understanding antibody responses and defining correlates of protection for endemic and pandemic coronavirus strainsP01AI172531 · NIAID · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Florian Krammer · 2023 to 2026
$12.5M
Project 2U19AI181103 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Michael S Diamond, Ali Hassan Ellebedy · 2024 to 2026
$9.5M
Structural interrogation of vaccine- and infection-induced B cell responsesR01AI168178 · NIAID · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Goran Bajic · 2022 to 2026
$3.9M
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
COVID and Translational Science supercomputer (CATS)S10OD030463 · OD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KOVATCH, PATRICIA · 2021 to 2021
$2.0M
Big Omics Data Engine 2 SupercomputerS10OD026880 · OD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KOVATCH, PATRICIA · 2019 to 2019
$2.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR004419NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016087NIAID NIH HHS 75N93021C00014NIAID NIH HHS 75N93021C00016NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI168347NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI172531NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI141707NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI168178NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI181103NIH HHS 75N93021C00014NIH HHS 75N93021C00016NIH HHS S10 OD026880NIH HHS S10 OD030463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Germinal centers (GCs) are key sites for antibody diversification and affinity maturation. SARS-CoV-2 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines elicit robust GC B cell responses in humans, but how these responses influence the breadth of immunity against viral variants remains unclear. We analyzed GC B cell responses in nine healthy adults after mRNA booster immunization. We show that 77.8% of the B cell clones in the GC expressed representative monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) recognizing the spike protein, with 37.8% of these targeting the receptor binding domain (RBD). One RBD-targeting mAb, mAb-52, neutralized all tested SARS-CoV-2 strains, including the recent XEC variant. mAb-52 used the

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B-LymphocytesCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesGerminal CenterSARS-CoV-2AdultAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCricetinaeFemaleHumansImmunization, SecondaryMaleSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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PMID41071904
PMCPMC13122847

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