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Immune 34: Coronavirus cross-reacting T cells

  • August 25, 2020
  • Tagged as: CD4 T cell, coronavirus, COVID-19, epitope, MHC molecule, pandemic, peptide, SARS-CoV-2, T cell, T cell epitope, T cell receptor, viral, virology, virus, viruses

Immune explains a study demonstrating T cells that react with SARS-CoV-2 epitopes in individuals who have never been infected with the virus, implying cross-reactivity with common cold coronaviruses.

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  • Immune

Immune 6: Potent antiviral antibodies without somatic mutation

  • March 16, 2018
  • Tagged as: antibody, B cell, epitope, F protein, IgG, IgM, immune, immune response, immunology, lymph node, respiratory syncytial virus, somatic hypermutation, V(D)J recombination, vaccine enhanced disease

The Immune hosts explain how antibody molecules mature, then discuss the finding in infants of potent neutralizing antibodies against respiratory syncytial virus without somatic hypermutation.

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