Affinity Maturation and Light-Chain-Mediated Paratope Diversification Anticipate Viral Evolution
John G Dingus, Duck Kyun Yoo, Sachin Kumar, Yajuan Wang, Md. Golam Kibria, Shahab Saghaei, Zahra Allahyari, Jessica W. Chen, Natalie Caputo, Jason Hwang, Bing Chen, Duane R. Wesemann
The paper investigates how antibody affinity maturation and light-chain pairing contribute to neutralizing evolved SARS-CoV-2 variants, identifying mechanisms that enable anticipatory immune breadth.
Cell Reports · Dec 30, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology