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ArticleMedicina clinica (English ed.)2022

Commercialized kits to assess T-cell responses against SARS-CoV-2 S peptides. A pilot study in health care workers.

Mónica Martínez-Gallo, Juliana Esperalba, Ricardo Pujol-Borrell, Víctor Sandá, Iria Arrese-Muñoz, Candela Fernández-Naval, Andrés Antón, Victoria Cardona, Moisés Labrador-Horrillo, Tomás Pumarola and 1 more

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Article in Medicina clinica (English ed.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mónica Martínez-GalloImmunology Division, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (HUVH), Jeffrey Model Foundation Excellence Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Juliana EsperalbaMicrobiology Division, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (HUVH), Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Ricardo Pujol-BorrellImmunology Division, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (HUVH), Jeffrey Model Foundation Excellence Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Víctor SandáImmunology Division, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (HUVH), Jeffrey Model Foundation Excellence Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Iria Arrese-MuñozImmunology Division, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (HUVH), Jeffrey Model Foundation Excellence Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Candela Fernández-NavalMicrobiology Department, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain.
Andrés AntónMicrobiology Division, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (HUVH), Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Victoria CardonaAllergy Section, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (HUVH), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Moisés Labrador-HorrilloUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.
Tomás PumarolaMicrobiology Division, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (HUVH), Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Manuel Hernandéz-GonzálezImmunology Division, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (HUVH), Jeffrey Model Foundation Excellence Center, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: It is crucial to assess the levels of protection generated by natural infection or SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, mainly in individuals professionally exposed and in vulnerable groups. Measuring T-cell responses may complement antibody tests currently in use as correlates of protection. Our aim was to assess the feasibility of a validated assay of T-cell responses. Methods: Twenty health-care-workers (HCW) were included. Antibody test to SARS-CoV-2 N and S-proteins in parallel with a commercially available whole-blood-interferon-gamma-release-assay (IGRA) to S-peptides and two detection methods, CLIA and ELISA were determined. Results: IGRA test detected T-cell responses in naturally exposed and vaccinated HCW already after first vaccination dose. The correlation by the two detection methods was very high ( Conclusion: Whole-blood-IGRA-tests amenable to automation and constitutes a promising additional tool for measuring the state of the immune response to SARS-CoV-2; they are applicable to large number of samples and may become a valuable correlate of protection to COVID-19, particularly for vulnerable groups at risk of being re-exposed to infection, as are health-care-workers.

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BNT162b2-mRNA-COVID-19-vaccineCBC, complete blood countCell mediated immunityCLIA, chemiluminescence immunoassaysELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assayHCWs, health care workersIGRA, interferon-gamma-release-assaysInterferon-gamma-release-assaysN, nucleocapsid proteinSARS-CoV-2S, spike protein

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PMID35999826
PMCPMC9389861
OpenAlexW4293275754

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