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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron-B.1.1.529 leads to widespread escape from neutralizing antibody responses

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Dejnirattisai, Wanwisa, Huo, Jiandong, Zhou, Daming, Zahradník, Jiří, Supasa, Piyada, Liu, Chang, Duyvesteyn, Helen M.E., Ginn, Helen M. +456 more·2022·Cell

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November 2021, the sequence of a new SARS-CoV-2 viral isolate Omicron-B.1.1.529 was announced, containing far more mutations in Spike (S) than previously reported variants. Neutralization titers of Omicron by sera from vaccinees and convalescent subjects infected with early pandemic Alpha, Beta, Gamma, or Delta are substantially reduced, or the sera failed to neutralize. Titers against Omicron are boosted by third vaccine doses and are high in both vaccinated individuals and those infected by Delta. Mutations in Omicron knock out or substantially reduce neutralization by most of the large panel of potent monoclonal antibodies and antibodies under commercial development. Omicron S has structural changes from earlier viruses and uses mutations that confer tight binding to ACE2 to unleash evolution driven by immune escape. This leads to a large number of mutations in the ACE2 binding site and rebalances receptor affinity to that of earlier pandemic viruses.

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Affiliations
  • Centre for Human Genetics (GB)
  • Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
  • Diamond Light Source (GB)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Medawar Building for Pathogen Research (GB)
  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
  • University of Leicester (GB)
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (GB)
  • Fiocruz Amazônia (BR)
  • Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
  • South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
  • Public Health England (GB)
  • John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
  • Chang Gung University (TW)
  • Siriraj Hospital (TH)
  • Roslin Institute (GB)
  • University of Liverpool (GB)
  • Imperial College London (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Mongkolsapaya, Juthathip
  • Ren, Jingshan
  • Schreiber, Gideon
  • Screaton, Gavin R.
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Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-02
Volume
185
Issue
3
Pages
467-484.e15
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4206153788
Cited by
930
References
73
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2026: 30 · 2025: 73 · 2024: 121 · 2023: 246 · 2022: 455 · 2021: 4
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Language
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Funders
  • Israel Science Foundation (3814/19)
  • National Institute for Health Research (63/125,984, 277,546, PCT/GB2012/000467)
  • MRC (MC_PC_19059)
  • Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (VPPCB-007- FIO-18-2-30)
  • NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Wellcome Trust (203141/Z/16/Z, 101122/Z/13/Z, 090532/Z/09/Z)
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-016202)
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (403276/2020-9)
  • National Institutes of Health (U19 I082360)
  • Oak Foundation
  • Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
  • Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Public Health England
  • UK Research and Innovation
  • CAMS (2018-I2M-2-002)
  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Virus Infections Studies
Keywords
Omicron variant, spike protein mutations, neutralizing antibodies, immune evasion, vaccine escape, monoclonal antibodies, ACE2 binding site, receptor binding affinity, SARS-CoV-2 variants, COVID-19 pandemic

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