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Comparison of antibody and T cell responses elicited by BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm) and BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in healthy adult humans.

István Vályi-Nagy, Zsolt Matula, Márton Gönczi, Szabolcs Tasnády, Gabriella Bekő, Marienn Réti, Éva Ajzner, Ferenc Uher

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Article in GeroScience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

István Vályi-NagyDepartment of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Central Hospital of Southern Pest, National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Budapest, 1097, Hungary.
Zsolt MatulaLaboratory for Experimental Cell Therapy, Central Hospital of Southern Pest, National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Nagyvarad ter 1., Budapest, H-1097, Hungary.
Márton GöncziCentral Laboratory of Central Hospital of Southern Pest, National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Budapest, 1097, Hungary.
Szabolcs TasnádyCentral Laboratory of Central Hospital of Southern Pest, National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Budapest, 1097, Hungary.
Gabriella BekőCentral Laboratory of Central Hospital of Southern Pest, National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Budapest, 1097, Hungary.
Marienn RétiDepartment of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Central Hospital of Southern Pest, National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Budapest, 1097, Hungary.
Éva AjznerDepartment of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Central Hospital of Southern Pest, National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Budapest, 1097, Hungary.
Ferenc UherLaboratory for Experimental Cell Therapy, Central Hospital of Southern Pest, National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Nagyvarad ter 1., Budapest, H-1097, Hungary. uher.ferenc@gmail.com.
Jahn Ferenc Dél-Pesti Kórház és Rendelőintézet · HU

Funding

CIT NIH HHS EFOP-1.8.0-VEKOP-17-2017-00001Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal 2020-1.1.6-JÖVŐ-2021-00011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the present study, humoral and T cell-mediated immune responses elicited by BBIBP-CorV (inactivated virus) and BNT162b2 (mRNA-based) vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 virus were compared. Convalescent volunteers were also investigated to evaluate adaptive immunity induced by live virus. Although both vaccines induced antibody- and T cell-mediated immune responses, our analysis revealed significant quantitative and qualitative differences between the two types of challenges. The BBIBP-CorV vaccine elicited antireceptor-binding domain (RBD) IgG, as well as anti-spike protein (S) IgG and IgA antibodies in healthy individuals, the levels of which were much lower than after BNT162b2 vaccination but still higher than in the convalescent patients. The cumulative IFNγ-positive T cell response, however, was only twofold higher in participants injected with BNT162b2 compared to those who were primed and boosted with BBIBP-CorV vaccine. Moreover, the inactivated virus vaccine induced T cell response that targets not only the S but also the nucleocapsid (N) and membrane (M) proteins, whereas the mRNA vaccine was able to elicit a much narrower response that targets the S protein epitopes only. Thus, the pattern of BBIBP-CorV-induced T cell response in virus-naive participants was similar to the cell-mediated anti-SARS-CoV-2 response observed in convalescent patients. Based on these data, we can conclude that the BBIBP-CorV inactivated virus vaccine is immunologically effective. However, the duration of BBIBP-CorV-induced integrated, antibody, and T cell-mediated, immune responses needs further investigation.

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COVID-19VaccinesBNT162 VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansSARS-CoV-2T-LymphocytesBNT162 VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinesVaccinesAdaptive immunityAnti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodiesIFNγ ELISpot assayIFNγ-producing T cellsVaccination

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