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| Peptide Library Services> | CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses were quantitated by pooled peptide-stimulated intracellular cytokine staining (ICS) assays. Peptide pools contained 15 amino acid peptides overlapping by 11 amino acids spanning the SARS-CoV-2 WA1/2020, BA.5, XBB.1.5, and JN.1 spikes (21st Century Biochemicals and GenScript). | Get A Quote |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to evolve five years after the initial outbreak. Although mRNA vaccines encoding the JN.1 and KP.2 Spike proteins were authorized in fall 2024, it remains unclear whether vaccine updates will be necessary for variants containing antigenically closely related Spike proteins. In this study, we evaluated the immunogenicity of JN.1 and KP.2 mRNA boosters in participants from Germany and the United States, respectively. Both vaccines induced robust and similar neutralizing antibody responses against JN.1, KP.2, and other globally relevant variants such as LP.8.1.1 and NB.1.8.1. These data suggest that updating the vaccine formulation to closely r... More