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ArticleScientific reports2021

Analysis of IgM, IgA, and IgG isotype antibodies Directed against SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein and ORF8 in the course of COVID-19.

Denise Meinberger, Manuel Koch, Annika Roth, Gabriele Hermes, Jannik Stemler, Oliver A Cornely, Thomas Streichert, Andreas R Klatt

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Denise MeinbergerInstitute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany.
Manuel KochInstitute for Dental Research and Oral Musculoskeletal Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2962-7814
Annika RothInstitute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany.
Gabriele HermesInstitute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany.
Jannik StemlerDepartment I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9152-2469
Oliver A CornelyDepartment I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9599-3137
Thomas StreichertInstitute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6588-720X
Andreas R KlattInstitute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany. andreas.klatt@uk-koeln.de.
University of Cologne · DETH Köln - University of Applied Sciences · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunoassays are a standard diagnostic tool that assesses immunity in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. However, immunoassays do not provide information about contaminating antigens or cross-reactions and might exhibit inaccurately high sensitivity and low specificity. We aimed to gain insight into the serological immune response of SARS-CoV-2 patients by immunoblot analysis. We analyzed serum immunoglobulins IgM, -A, and -G directed against SARS-CoV-2 proteins by immunoblot analysis from 12 infected patients. We determined IgG isotype antibodies by commercially available ELISA and assessed the clinical parameters of inflammation status and kidney and liver injury. Unexpectedly, we found no correlation between the presence of antibodies and the future course of the disease. However, attention should be paid to the parameters CRP, IL-6, and LDH. We found evidence of antibody cross-reactivity, which questions the reliability of results for serum samples that tested negative for anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies when assessed by immunoassays. Nevertheless, for the detection of IgG anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, our data suggest that the use of the spike glycoprotein in immunoassays should be sufficient to identify positive patients. Using a combination of the spike glycoprotein and the open reading frame 8 protein could prove to be the best way of detecting anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibodies.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, ViralAntibody SpecificityCase-Control StudiesCOVID-19Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsSARS-CoV-2Sensitivity and SpecificitySpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, ViralORF8 protein, SARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2Viral Proteins

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PMID33903660
PMCPMC8076237
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