Communications Biology (Nov 2021)

High-resolution epitope mapping and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in large cohorts of subjects with COVID-19

  • Winston A. Haynes,
  • Kathy Kamath,
  • Joel Bozekowski,
  • Elisabeth Baum-Jones,
  • Melissa Campbell,
  • Arnau Casanovas-Massana,
  • Patrick S. Daugherty,
  • Charles S. Dela Cruz,
  • Abhilash Dhal,
  • Shelli F. Farhadian,
  • Lynn Fitzgibbons,
  • John Fournier,
  • Michael Jhatro,
  • Gregory Jordan,
  • Jon Klein,
  • Carolina Lucas,
  • Debra Kessler,
  • Larry L. Luchsinger,
  • Brian Martinez,
  • M. Catherine Muenker,
  • Lauren Pischel,
  • Jack Reifert,
  • Jaymie R. Sawyer,
  • Rebecca Waitz,
  • Elsio A. Wunder,
  • Minlu Zhang,
  • Yale IMPACT Team,
  • Akiko Iwasaki,
  • Albert Ko,
  • John C. Shon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02835-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Using a high throughput, random bacterial peptide display approach applied to patient serum samples, Haynes, Kamath, Bozekowski et al identify the antigens and epitopes that elicit a SARS-CoV-2 humoral response. They identify differences depending on disease severity and further in silico analysis suggests decreased epitope signal for Q677P but not for D614G mutant SARSCoV-2 strains.