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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022

Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies and Coronavirus Disease 2019: Vaccination Does Not Trigger Early Autoantibody Production in Healthcare Workers.

Maria Orietta Borghi, Mauro Bombaci, Caterina Bodio, Paola Adele Lonati, Andrea Gobbini, Mariangela Lorenzo, Erminio Torresani, Antonella Dubini, Ilaria Bulgarelli, Francesca Solari and 7 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 11 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Orietta BorghiIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, Milan, Italy.
Mauro BombaciIstituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare, Padiglione Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi, Milan, Italy.
Caterina BodioIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, Milan, Italy.
Paola Adele LonatiIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, Milan, Italy.
Andrea GobbiniIstituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare, Padiglione Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi, Milan, Italy.
Mariangela LorenzoIstituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare, Padiglione Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi, Milan, Italy.
Erminio TorresaniIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, Milan, Italy.
Antonella DubiniIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, Milan, Italy.
Ilaria BulgarelliIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, Milan, Italy.
Francesca SolariIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, Milan, Italy.
Francesca PregnolatoIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, Milan, Italy.
Alessandra BanderaDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Andrea GoriDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Gianfranco ParatiIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, Milan, Italy.
Sergio AbrignaniDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Renata GrifantiniIstituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare, Padiglione Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi, Milan, Italy.
Pier Luigi MeroniIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, Milan, Italy.
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITIstituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare · ITFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITOspedale Maggiore · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A molecular mimicry between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and human proteins supports the possibility that autoimmunity takes place during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) contributing to tissue damage. For example, anti-phospholipid antibodies (aPL) have been reported in COVID-19 as a result of such mimicry and thought to contribute to the immunothrombosis characteristic of the disease. Consistently, active immunization with the virus spike protein may elicit the production of cross-reactive autoantibodies, including aPL. We prospectively looked at the aPL production in healthcare workers vaccinated with RNA- (BNT162b2, n. 100) or adenovirus-based vaccines (ChAdOx1, n. 50). Anti-cardiolipin, anti-beta2 glycoprotein I, anti-phosphatidylserine/prothrombin immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgA, and IgM before and after vaccination were investigated. Anti-platelet factor 4 immunoglobulins were also investigated as autoantibodies associated with COVID-19 vaccination. Additional organ (anti-thyroid) and non-organ (anti-nuclear) autoantibodies and IgG against human proteome were tested as further post-vaccination autoimmunity markers. The antibodies were tested one or three months after the first injection of ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2, respectively; a 12-month clinical follow-up was also performed. Vaccination occasionally induced low titers of aPL and other autoantibodies but did not affect the titer of pre-existing autoantibodies. No significant reactivities against a microarray of approximately 20,000 human proteins were found in a subgroup of ChAdOx1-vaccinees. Consistently, we did not record any clinical manifestation theoretically associated with an underlying autoimmune disorder. The data obtained after the vaccination (two doses for the RNA-based and one dose for the adenovirus-based vaccines), and the clinical follow-up are not supporting the occurrence of an early autoimmune response in this cohort of healthcare workers.

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COVID-19Antibodies, AntiphospholipidAutoantibodiesBNT162 VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinesHealth PersonnelHumansImmunoglobulin GRNASARS-CoV-2VaccinationAntibodies, AntiphospholipidAutoantibodiesBNT162 VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinesImmunoglobulin GRNAanti-phospholipid antibodiesautoantibodiesautoimmunityCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

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