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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Measuring T-Cell Responses against SARS-CoV-2 Is of Utility for Disease and Vaccination Management.

Guillem Safont, Irene Latorre, Raquel Villar-Hernández, Zoran Stojanovic, Alicia Marín, Cristina Pérez-Cano, Alicia Lacoma, Bárbara Molina-Moya, Alan Jhunior Solis, Fernando Arméstar and 8 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Guillem SafontInstitut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Irene LatorreInstitut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8159-2455
Raquel Villar-HernándezInstitut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2249-0579
Zoran StojanovicCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Alicia MarínCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Cristina Pérez-CanoBasic Unit for the Prevention of Occupational Risks (UBP), Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Alicia LacomaInstitut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2049-3872
Bárbara Molina-MoyaInstitut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Alan Jhunior SolisCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9295-2249
Fernando ArméstarIntensive Care Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Joan MatlloBasic Unit for the Prevention of Occupational Risks (UBP), Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Sergio Díaz-FernándezInstitut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Arnau CendónInstitut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Liliya SokalchukInstitut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6590-8835
Guillermo TolosaDiagnostic and Research in Immunodeficiencies Jeffrey Modell Center, Cytometry and Cellular Culture Area, La Frontera University, Temuco 01145, Chile.
Irma CasasUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5902-5777
Antoni RosellCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
José DomínguezInstitut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.

Funding

European Union's Horitzon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme 823854Instituto de Salud Carlos III CP20/00070Oxford Immunotec (UK) n/aSociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica 1044-2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The measurement of specific T-cell responses can be a useful tool for COVID-19 diagnostics and clinical management. In this study, we evaluated the IFN-γ T-cell response against the main SARS-CoV-2 antigens (spike, nucleocapsid and membrane) in acute and convalescent individuals classified according to severity, and in vaccinated and unvaccinated controls. IgG against spike and nucleocapsid were also measured. Spike antigen triggered the highest number of T-cell responses. Acute patients showed a low percentage of positive responses when compared to convalescent (71.6% vs. 91.7%, respectively), but increased during hospitalization and with severity. Some convalescent patients showed an IFN-γ T-cell response more than 200 days after diagnosis. Only half of the vaccinated individuals displayed an IFN-γ T-cell response after the second dose. IgG response was found in a higher percentage of individuals compared to IFN-γ T-cell responses, and moderate correlations between both responses were seen. However, in some acute COVID-19 patients specific T-cell response was detected, but not IgG production. We found that the chances of an IFN-γ T-cell response against SARS-CoV-2 is low during acute phase, but may increase over time, and that only half of the vaccinated individuals had an IFN-γ T-cell response after the second dose.

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ELISPOThumoral responseIFN-γSARS-CoV-2T-cell responsevaccination

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PMID36079033
PMCPMC9457376

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