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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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Multiplexed LNP-mRNA vaccination against pathogenic coronavirus species
Peng L, Fang Z, Renauer PA, McNamara A, Park JJ, Lin Q, Zhou X, Dong MB, Zhu B, Zhao H, Wilen CB, Chen S. Multiplexed LNP-mRNA vaccination against pathogenic coronavirus species. Cell Reports 2022, 40: 111160. PMID: 35921835, PMCID: PMC9294034, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntibody responseCoronavirus speciesSequential vaccinationSARS-CoVAntigen-specific antibody responsesSARS-CoV-2 DeltaAdaptive immune cellsEffective immune responsePotent antibody responsesCOVID-19 vaccineSARS-CoV-2MRNA vaccine candidatesActivated B cellsSingle-cell RNA sequencing profilesRNA sequencing profilesSimultaneous vaccinationAntibody immunityVaccination scheduleImmune profileImmune cellsImmune responseVaccine candidatesMERS-CoV.Animal modelsB cells