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ArticleBiomedicines2022

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Primary Vaccination and Booster Dose to SARS-CoV-2 in Eliciting Stable Mucosal Immunity.

Alessandro Lambiase, Marta Sacchetti, Fabiana Mallone, Paola Tirassa, Antonio Greco, Antonio Angeloni, Antonella Polimeni

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Article in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. COVID-19 mRNA vaccination is associated with IgA nephropathy: an analysis of the Japanese adverse drug event report database.Journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences : a publication of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Societe canadienne des sciences pharmaceutiques · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alessandro LambiaseDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8974-991X
Marta SacchettiDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5569-778X
Fabiana MalloneDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6274-015X
Paola TirassaDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, IBBC-CNR, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Antonio GrecoDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Antonio AngeloniDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Antonella PolimeniDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2679-7607
Sapienza University of Rome · ITInstitute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology · IT

Funding

Sapienza University of Rome code RG120172B390D02B
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The waning effectiveness of the primary vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 led to administration of an additional booster dose (BD). The efficacy of the BD in stimulating humoral systemic immune response is well established, but its effectiveness on inducing mucosal immune reaction has not yet been reported. To address this issue, we evaluated SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody responses in the serum, saliva, and tears after BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech, New York, NY, USA) vaccination and BD, as well as after SARS-CoV-2 infection. After two doses of BNT162b2 vaccine, we observed specific serum IgG in 100% and IgA in 97.2% of subjects, associated with mucosal response in both salivary samples (sIgA in 97.2% and IgG(S) in 58.8%) and in tears (sIgA in 77.8% and IgG(S) in 67.7%). BD induced a recovery of the systemic humoral response and of tear sIgA when compared to 6 months of follow-up titers (p < 0.001; p = 0.012). However, sIgA levels in both tears and saliva were significantly lower following BD when compared to patients with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection (p = 0.001 and p = 0.005, respectively). Our results demonstrated that administration of BD restored high serum levels of both IgG and IgA but had a poor effect in stimulating mucosal immunity when compared to prior SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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antibodiesocular mucosal homeostasisocular mucosal immunologyRNA vaccinesSARS-CoV-2

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PMID36289692
PMCPMC9598907
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