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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022

Cellular Immunity Is Critical for Assessing COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in Immunocompromised Individuals.

Eustache Paramithiotis, Scott Sugden, Eszter Papp, Marie Bonhomme, Todd Chermak, Stephanie Y Crawford, Stefanie Z Demetriades, Gerson Galdos, Bruce L Lambert, John Mattison and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 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

13 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Eustache ParamithiotisResearch and Development, CellCarta, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Scott SugdenScientific Team, CellCarta, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Eszter PappGlobal Research and Development, CellCarta, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Marie BonhommeVaccine Sciences Division, Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) Inc., Wilmington, NC, United States.
Todd ChermakRegulatory and Government Affairs, CellCarta, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Stephanie Y CrawfordDepartment of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Stefanie Z DemetriadesCenter for Communication and Health, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States.
Gerson GaldosRobert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
Bruce L LambertCenter for Communication and Health, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States.
John MattisonHealth Information, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA, United States.
Thomas McDadeDepartment of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States.
Stephane PilletMcGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Robert MurphyRobert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
Northwestern University · USAdvisory Board Company (United States) · USMcGill University Health Centre · CAPharmaceutical Product Development (United States) · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 vaccine clinical development was conducted with unprecedented speed. Immunity measurements were concentrated on the antibody response which left significant gaps in our understanding how robust and long-lasting immune protection develops. Better understanding the cellular immune response will fill those gaps, especially in the elderly and immunocompromised populations which not only have the highest risk for severe infection, but also frequently have inadequate antibody responses. Although cellular immunity measurements are more logistically complex to conduct for clinical trials compared to antibody measurements, the feasibility and benefit of doing them in clinical trials has been demonstrated and so should be more widely adopted. Adding significant cellular response metrics will provide a deeper understanding of the overall immune response to COVID-19 vaccination, which will significantly inform vaccination strategies for the most vulnerable populations. Better monitoring of overall immunity will also substantially benefit other vaccine development efforts, and indeed any therapies that involve the immune system as part of the therapeutic strategy.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesAgedHumansImmunity, CellularVaccinationVaccine EfficacyCOVID-19 Vaccinescellular immunityCOVID-19efficacyimmunocompromisedvaccine

Identifiers

PMID35693815
PMCPMC9179228
OpenAlexW4281708637

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