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ArticleEuropean journal of haematology2023

Cellular and humoral response to the fourth BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose in patients with CLL.

Ohad Benjamini, Rotem Gershon, Erez Bar-Haim, Yaniv Lustig, Hila Cohen, Ram Doolman, Meirav Kedmi, Elena Ribakovsky, Abraham Kneller, Tammy Hod and 4 more

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Article in European journal of haematology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ohad BenjaminiHematology Division, Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Rotem GershonSackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Erez Bar-HaimDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3435-8599
Yaniv LustigCentral Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Hila CohenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Ram DoolmanThe Dworman Automated-Mega Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Meirav KedmiHematology Division, Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Elena RibakovskyHematology Division, Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Abraham KnellerHematology Division, Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Tammy HodSackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9072-7606
Noam ErezDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Itzhak LevySackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Galia RahavSackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Abraham AvigdorHematology Division, Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Tel Aviv University · ILSheba Medical Center · ILIsrael Institute for Biological Research · ILBar-Ilan University · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We assessed the humoral and cellular response to the fourth BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose in patients with CLL. A total of 67 patients with CLL and 85 age matched controls tested for serologic response and pseudo-neutralization assay. We also tested the functional T-cell response by interferon gamma (IFNγ) to spike protein in 26 patients. Two weeks after the fourth vaccine antibody serologic response was evident in 37 (55.2%) patients with CLL, 20 /22 (91%) of treatment naïve, and 9/32 (28%) patients with ongoing therapy, compared with 100% serologic response in age matched controls. The antibody titer increased by 10-fold in patients with CLL, however, still 88-folds lower than age matched controls. Predictors of better chances of post fourth vaccination serologic response were previous positive serologies after second, third, and pre-fourth vaccination, neutralizing assay, and treatment naïve patients. T-cell response improved from 42.3% before the fourth vaccine to 84.6% 2 weeks afterwards. During the time period of 3 months after the fourth vaccination, 14 patients (21%) developed COVID-19 infection, all recovered uneventfully. Our data demonstrate that fourth SARS-CoV-2 vaccination improves serologic response in patients with CLL to a lesser extent than healthy controls and induces functional T-cell response.

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COVID-19Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellAntibodies, ViralBNT162 VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansRNA, MessengerSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, ViralBNT162 VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinesRNA, MessengerBNT162b2 mRNAboosterchronic lymphocytic leukemiaCLLCOVID-19COVID-19 vaccineimmune response

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PMID36208015
PMCPMC9874468
OpenAlexW4303633966

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