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ArticleNature communications2021

Exploring beyond clinical routine SARS-CoV-2 serology using MultiCoV-Ab to evaluate endemic coronavirus cross-reactivity.

Matthias Becker, Monika Strengert, Daniel Junker, Philipp D Kaiser, Tobias Kerrinnes, Bjoern Traenkle, Heiko Dinter, Julia Häring, Stéphane Ghozzi, Anne Zeck and 26 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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60citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

36 authors at 12 institutions in 1 country.

Matthias Becker *NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9243-4257
Monika Strengert *Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.
Daniel JunkerNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.
Philipp D KaiserNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.
Tobias KerrinnesHelmholtz-Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Würzburg, Germany.
Bjoern TraenkleNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.
Heiko DinterNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.
Julia HäringNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.
Stéphane GhozziDepartment of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.
Anne ZeckNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.
Frank WeiseNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.
Andreas PeterInstitute for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Department for Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Sebastian HörberInstitute for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Department for Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5718-1530
Simon FinkNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7460-8201
Felix RuoffNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.
Alex DulovicNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0017-6738
Tamam BakchoulInstitute for Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6797-6812
Armin BaillotNiedersächsisches Landesgesundheitsamt, Department of Virology/Serology, Hannover, Germany.
Stefan LohseInstitute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2529-1900
Markus CornbergDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Centre for Individualized Infection Medicine (CiiM), Hannover, Germany.
Thomas IlligHannover Unified Biobank (HUB), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Jens GottliebDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Sigrun SmolaInstitute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
André KarchInstitute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Klaus BergerInstitute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Hans-Georg RammenseeInstitute for Cell Biology, Department of Immunology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Katja Schenke-LaylandNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8066-5157
Annika NeldeInstitute for Cell Biology, Department of Immunology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8504-8481
Melanie MärklinCluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC2180) "Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies", University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2920-3894
Jonas S HeitmannCluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC2180) "Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies", University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Juliane S WalzInstitute for Cell Biology, Department of Immunology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6404-7391
Markus TemplinNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.
Thomas O JoosNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.
Ulrich Rothbauer *NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.
Gérard KrauseDepartment of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3328-8808
Nicole Schneiderhan-MarraNMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany. Nicole.Schneiderhan@nmi.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6785-181X
Natural and Medical Sciences Institute · DEMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEDeutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V. · DESaarland University · DEUniversity of Münster · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DEDeutschen Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung · DEDr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research · DEHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research · DENiedersächsisches Landesgesundheitsamt · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 is a benchmark for immunity and detailed analysis is required to understand the manifestation and progression of COVID-19, monitor seroconversion within the general population, and support vaccine development. The majority of currently available commercial serological assays only quantify the SARS-CoV-2 antibody response against individual antigens, limiting our understanding of the immune response. To overcome this, we have developed a multiplex immunoassay (MultiCoV-Ab) including spike and nucleocapsid proteins of SARS-CoV-2 and the endemic human coronaviruses. Compared to three broadly used commercial in vitro diagnostic tests, our MultiCoV-Ab achieves a higher sensitivity and specificity when analyzing a well-characterized sample set of SARS-CoV-2 infected and uninfected individuals. We find a high response against endemic coronaviruses in our sample set, but no consistent cross-reactive IgG response patterns against SARS-CoV-2. Here we show a robust, high-content-enabled, antigen-saving multiplex assay suited to both monitoring vaccination studies and facilitating epidemiologic screenings for humoral immunity towards pandemic and endemic coronaviruses.

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Cross ReactionsImmunity, HumoralAntibodies, ViralCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCOVID-19COVID-19 Serological TestingHumansImmunoassayImmunoglobulin GPhosphoproteinsSARS-CoV-2Sensitivity and SpecificitySpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, ViralCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsImmunoglobulin Gnucleocapsid phosphoprotein, SARS-CoV-2PhosphoproteinsSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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PMID33608538
PMCPMC7896075
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