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ReviewCurrent transplantation reports2021

Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2 in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

Varun K Phadke, Nicholas Scanlon, Stanley C Jordan, Nadine G Rouphael

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Review in Current transplantation reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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.

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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in a Covid-19 Recipient.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2023
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  16. Use of anti-spike monoclonal antibodies in kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19: Efficacy, ethnic and racial disparities.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Varun K PhadkeEmory University Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU), Division of Infectious Diseases, The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, 500 Irvin Court, Suite 200, Decatur, GA 30030 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0318-4939
Nicholas ScanlonThe Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Decatur, GA USA.
Stanley C JordanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Transplant Immunotherapy Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA USA.
Nadine G RouphaelThe Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Decatur, GA USA.
Emory University · USCedars-Sinai Medical Center · US

Funding

Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)UL1TR002378 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Andres J Garcia, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2017 to 2026
$92.1M
Systems Biological Analysis of Innate and Adaptive Responses to VaccinationU19AI090023 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI AHMED, RAFI, LI, SHUZHAO · 2010 to 2021
$45.0M
Emory R38 Research Training ProgramR38AI140299 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI OFOTOKUN, IGHOVWERHA, ROUPHAEL, NADINE GEORGES · 2018 to 2021
$1.4M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002378NIAID NIH HHS R38 AI140299NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI090023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a complex interplay between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) dynamics and host immune responses. Hosts with altered immunity, including solid organ transplant recipients, may be at increased risk of complications and death due to COVID-19. A synthesis of the available data on immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection is needed to inform therapeutic and preventative strategies in this special population. RECENT

findingsFew studies have directly compared immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 between transplant recipients and the general population. Like non-transplant patients, transplant recipients mount an exuberant inflammatory response following initial SARS-CoV2 infection, with IL-6 levels correlating with disease severity in some, but not all studies. Transplant recipients display anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and activated B cells in a time frame and magnitude similar to non-transplant patients-limited data suggest these antibodies can be detected within 15 days of symptom onset and may be durable for several months. CD4 SUMMARY: The limited available data indicate that immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 are similar between transplant recipients and the general population, but no studies have been sufficiently comprehensive to understand nuances between organ types or level of immunosuppression to meaningfully inform individualized therapeutic decisions. The ongoing pandemic provides an opportunity to generate higher-quality data to support rational treatment and vaccination strategies in this population.

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COVID-19Immune responseSARS-CoV-2Solid organ transplantVaccine

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PMID33688459
PMCPMC7931983
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