Nature Communications (May 2021)

Cross-reactive serum and memory B-cell responses to spike protein in SARS-CoV-2 and endemic coronavirus infection

  • Ge Song,
  • Wan-ting He,
  • Sean Callaghan,
  • Fabio Anzanello,
  • Deli Huang,
  • James Ricketts,
  • Jonathan L. Torres,
  • Nathan Beutler,
  • Linghang Peng,
  • Sirena Vargas,
  • Jon Cassell,
  • Mara Parren,
  • Linlin Yang,
  • Caroline Ignacio,
  • Davey M. Smith,
  • James E. Voss,
  • David Nemazee,
  • Andrew B. Ward,
  • Thomas Rogers,
  • Dennis R. Burton,
  • Raiees Andrabi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23074-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Pre-existing immune responses between antigenically related viruses can influence responses in viral infections or vaccinations. Here the authors assess and characterize the presence of antibody and memory B cell populations specific to SARS-CoV2 and endemic human coronaviruses.