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Nature Research, Communications Biology, 1(4), 2021

DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02835-2

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

Journal article published in 2021 by Winston A. Haynes, Kathy Kamath ORCID, Joel Bozekowski, Elisabeth Baum-Jones, Melissa Campbell, Arnau Casanovas-Massana, Patrick S. Daugherty, Charles S. Dela Cruz, Abhilash Dhal, Shelli F. Farhadian, Lynn Fitzgibbons, Michael Jhatro, Gregory Jordan, Jon Klein ORCID, Carolina Lucas and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

AbstractAs Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to spread, characterization of its antibody epitopes, emerging strains, related coronaviruses, and even the human proteome in naturally infected patients can guide the development of effective vaccines and therapies. Since traditional epitope identification tools are dependent upon pre-defined peptide sequences, they are not readily adaptable to diverse viral proteomes. The Serum Epitope Repertoire Analysis (SERA) platform leverages a high diversity random bacterial display library to identify proteome-independent epitope binding specificities which are then analyzed in the context of organisms of interest. When evaluating immune response in the context of SARS-CoV-2, we identify dominant epitope regions and motifs which demonstrate potential to classify mild from severe disease and relate to neutralization activity. We highlight SARS-CoV-2 epitopes that are cross-reactive with other coronaviruses and demonstrate decreased epitope signal for mutant SARS-CoV-2 strains. Collectively, the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 mutants towards reduced antibody response highlight the importance of data-driven development of the vaccines and therapies to treat COVID-19.