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ArticleiScience2023

Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody titers in breastmilk from convalescent and vaccinated mothers.

Christine Bäuerl, Joao Zulaica, Luciana Rusu, Alicia Rodríguez Moreno, Francisco J Pérez-Cano, Carles Lerin, Desirée Mena-Tudela, Laia Aguilar-Camprubí, Anna Parra-Llorca, Cecilia Martínez-Costa and 3 more

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Article in iScience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Christine BäuerlInstitute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology- National Research Council (IATA-CSIC), 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
Joao ZulaicaInstitute for Integrative Systems Biology (ISysBio), University of Valencia-CSIC, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
Luciana RusuInstitute for Integrative Systems Biology (ISysBio), University of Valencia-CSIC, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
Alicia Rodríguez MorenoInstitute for Integrative Systems Biology (ISysBio), University of Valencia-CSIC, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
Francisco J Pérez-CanoPhysiology Section, Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science and Institute of Research in Nutrition and Food Safety (INSA), University of Barcelona (UB), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Carles LerinEndocrinology department, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Barcelona, Spain.
Desirée Mena-TudelaDepartment of Nursing, Nursing Research Group, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.
Laia Aguilar-CamprubíLactApp Women Health, Barcelona, Spain.
Anna Parra-LlorcaHealth Research Institute La Fe, Neonatal Research Group, Spain and University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Division of Neonatology, 46026 Valencia, Spain.
Cecilia Martínez-CostaDepartment of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario, University of Valencia, Spain. Nutrition Research Group of INCLIVA, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Ron GellerInstitute for Integrative Systems Biology (ISysBio), University of Valencia-CSIC, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
Maria Carmen ColladoInstitute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology- National Research Council (IATA-CSIC), 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
MilkCORONA study team
Universitat de València · ESInstituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos · ESHospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona · ESLeitat Technological Center · ESUniversitat de Barcelona · ESUniversitat Jaume I · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breastmilk contains antibodies that could protect breastfed infants from infections. In this work, we examined if antibodies in breastmilk could neutralize SARS-CoV-2 in 84 breastmilk samples from women that were either vaccinated (Comirnaty, mRNA-1273, or ChAdOx1), infected with SARS-CoV-2, or both infected and vaccinated. The neutralization capacity of these sera was tested using pseudotyped vesicular stomatitis virus carrying either the Wuhan-Hu-1, Delta, or BA.1 Omicron spike proteins. We found that natural infection resulted in higher neutralizing titers and that neutralization correlated positively with levels of immunoglobulin A in breastmilk. In addition, significant differences in the capacity to produce neutralizing antibodies were observed between both mRNA-based vaccines and the adenovirus-vectored ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccine. Overall, our results indicate that breastmilk from naturally infected women or those vaccinated with mRNA-based vaccines contains SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies that could potentially provide protection to breastfed infants from infection.

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PMID37197591
PMCPMC10158041
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