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ArticleJournal of medical virology2022

Humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal coronaviruses in COVID-19 patients.

Ortwin Adams, Marcel Andrée, Denise Rabl, Philipp N Ostermann, Heiner Schaal, Erik Lehnert, Stefanie Ackerstaff, Lisa Müller, Johannes C Fischer

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Article in Journal of medical virology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ortwin AdamsInstitute for Virology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University of Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9194-8475
Marcel AndréeInstitute for Virology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University of Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Denise RablInstitute for Virology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University of Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Philipp N OstermannInstitute for Virology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University of Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Heiner SchaalInstitute for Virology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University of Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Erik LehnertInstitute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University of Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Stefanie AckerstaffInstitute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University of Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Lisa MüllerInstitute for Virology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University of Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Johannes C FischerInstitute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University of Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We used enzyme-linked immunoassay methods to measure the prevalence and the levels of antibody responses to the nucleocapsid (N) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and four seasonal human coronaviruses (HCoV-OC43, HCoV-HKU1, HCoV 229E, and HCoV-NL63) in a cohort of 115 convalescent plasma donors infected with SARS-CoV-2 (1-61 days after symptom onset) compared to antibody levels in 114 individuals with no evidence of a recent infection with SARS-CoV-2. In the humoral response to the four seasonal coronaviruses, only HCoV-HKU1- and HCoV-229E-assays showed slightly elevated antibody levels in the COVID group compared to the control group. While in the COVID-group the levels of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies correlated significantly with disease severity, no association was found in the levels of antibodies against the seasonal coronaviruses. The most striking result in both groups was that the levels of antibodies against all tested coronaviruses, including the new SARS-CoV-2 showed a highly significant correlation with each other. There seems to be an individual predisposition to a weaker or stronger humoral immune response against all known seasonal human coronaviruses including the new SARS-CoV-2, which could lead to a definition of low and high responders against human coronaviruses with potential impact on the assessment of postinfection antibody levels and protection.

Indexed as

Coronavirus 229E, HumanCOVID-19COVID-19 SerotherapyCross ReactionsHumansImmunization, PassiveSARS-CoV-2SeasonsSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2humoral immune responseSARS-CoV-2seasonal coronaviruses

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PMID34716706
PMCPMC8662174
OpenAlexW3210750446

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