Antibody avidity maturation, following recovery from infection or the booster vaccination, grants breadth in SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing capacity.
Yu NakagamaKatherine CandrayNatsuko KakuYuko KomaseMaria-Virginia Rodriguez-FunesRhina DominguezTomoya TsuchidaHiroyuki KunishimaEtsuko NagaiEisuke AdachiDieudonné Mumba NgoyiMari YamasueKosaku KomiyaKazufumi HiramatsuNaoto UemuraYuki SugiuraMayo YasugiYuka YamagishiHiroshige MikamoSatoshi ShiraishiTakehiro IzumoSachie NakagamaChihiro WatanabeYuko NitaharaEvariste Tshibangu-KabambaHiroshi KakeyaYasutoshi KidoPublished in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2022)
Avidity maturation was progressive beyond acute recovery from infection, or became apparent after the booster vaccine dose, granting broader anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing capacity. Understanding the maturation kinetics of the two building blocks of anti-SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity is crucial.