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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2021

Persistent cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Gaëlle Breton, Pilar Mendoza, Thomas Hägglöf, Thiago Y Oliveira, Dennis Schaefer-Babajew, Christian Gaebler, Martina Turroja, Arlene Hurley, Marina Caskey, Michel C Nussenzweig

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
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87citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 137 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Outcomes associated with different vaccines in individuals with bipolar disorder and impact on the current COVID-19 pandemic- a systematic review.European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022
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  18. The role of immune activation and antigen persistence in acute and long COVID.Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gaëlle Breton *Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Pilar Mendoza *Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Thomas Hägglöf *Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Thiago Y OliveiraLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Dennis Schaefer-BabajewLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Christian GaeblerLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Martina TurrojaLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Arlene HurleyHospital Program Direction, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Marina CaskeyLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Michel C NussenzweigLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Rockefeller University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USRockefeller University Hospital · US

Funding

Understanding B cell memory in response to diverse virus infectionsU19AI111825 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI BOURNAZOS, STYLIANOS · 2014 to 2023
$26.0M
C-reactive protein promotes myeloma cell-mediated bone destructionR01CA138398 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI YI, QING · 2010 to 2014
$1.6M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituNCI NIH HHS R01 CA138398NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI111825
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for an ongoing pandemic that has affected millions of individuals around the globe. To gain further understanding of the immune response in recovered individuals, we measured T cell responses in paired samples obtained an average of 1.3 and 6.1 mo after infection from 41 individuals. The data indicate that recovered individuals show persistent polyfunctional SARS-CoV-2 antigen-specific memory that could contribute to rapid recall responses. Recovered individuals also show enduring alterations in relative overall numbers of CD4+ and CD8+ memory T cells, including expression of activation/exhaustion markers, and cell division.

Indexed as

Immunity, CellularAdultAgedAntigens, ViralBiomarkersCOVID-19FemaleHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmunophenotypingLymphocyte CountMaleMiddle AgedSARS-CoV-2T-Cell Antigen Receptor SpecificityT-Lymphocyte SubsetsAntigens, ViralBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID33533915
PMCPMC7845919
OpenAlexW3125525522

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