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Variant-specific vaccination induces systems immune responses and potent in vivo protection against SARS-CoV-2
Peng L, Renauer PA, Ökten A, Fang Z, Park JJ, Zhou X, Lin Q, Dong MB, Filler R, Xiong Q, Clark P, Lin C, Wilen CB, Chen S. Variant-specific vaccination induces systems immune responses and potent in vivo protection against SARS-CoV-2. Cell Reports Medicine 2022, 3: 100634. PMID: 35561673, PMCID: PMC9040489, DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune responseImmune cell populationsSARS-CoV-2 spikeAssessment of efficacySARS-CoV-2LNP-mRNABreakthrough infectionsCD8 TImmune profilingMRNA vaccinesPotent protectionT lymphocytesNeutralization activityDelta variantAnimal modelsPotent antibodiesRepertoire diversityCell responsesAuthentic virusSystemic increaseVariant lineagesClonal expansionCell populationsCOVID-19Vaccination
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Omicron-specific mRNA vaccination alone and as a heterologous booster against SARS-CoV-2
Fang Z, Peng L, Filler R, Suzuki K, McNamara A, Lin Q, Renauer PA, Yang L, Menasche B, Sanchez A, Ren P, Xiong Q, Strine M, Clark P, Lin C, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Wilen CB, Chen S. Omicron-specific mRNA vaccination alone and as a heterologous booster against SARS-CoV-2. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 3250. PMID: 35668119, PMCID: PMC9169595, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30878-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeterologous boosterSARS-CoV-2Antibody responseMRNA vaccinesMRNA vaccinationDelta variantOmicron variantType of vaccinationStrong antibody responseMRNA vaccine candidatesVaccine candidatesNeutralization potencyImmune evasionSARS-CoV.Two weeksComparable titersVaccinationVaccineTiters 10MiceOmicronWeeksWA-1LNP-mRNABooster