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ArticleJournal of leukocyte biology2023

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine-induced immune responses in rheumatoid arthritis.

Marc-André Limoges, Audrey Lortie, Élodie Demontier, Akouavi Julite Irmine Quenum, Félix Lessard, Zacharie Drouin, Nathalie Carrier, Leopold Mbous Nguimbus, Marie-Claude Beaulieu, Gilles Boire and 4 more

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Article in Journal of leukocyte biology, 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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5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

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

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marc-André LimogesDepartment of Immunology and Cell Biology, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Audrey LortieDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Élodie DemontierDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Akouavi Julite Irmine QuenumDepartment of Immunology and Cell Biology, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Félix LessardDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Zacharie DrouinDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Nathalie CarrierDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Leopold Mbous NguimbusDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Marie-Claude BeaulieuDepartment of Family and Emergency Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Gilles BoireDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.ORCID 0000-0003-2481-5821
Alain PichéDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Hugues Allard-ChamardDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Sheela RamanathanDepartment of Immunology and Cell Biology, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Sophie RouxDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th avenue N, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H5N4.
Université de Sherbrooke · CA

Funding

CIHR GA4-177773CIHR VR3-172640CIHR VS1-175563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our objective was to characterize T and B cell responses to vaccination with SARS-CoV-2 antigens in immunocompromised rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. In 22 RA patients, clinical and biological variables were analyzed before and 4 weeks after each of 3 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine doses and compared with unmatched healthy individuals. Sequentially sampled peripheral blood mononuclear cells and sera were collected to determine immune profiles and to analyze the T cell response to a spike peptide pool and B cell specificity to the receptor-binding domain (RBD). Anti-spike antibodies were detectable in 6 of 22 RA patients after 1 dose of vaccine with increasing titers after each booster dose, although the overall response was lower compared with that in healthy control individuals. Responding patients after the first dose were more likely to have RA antibodies and a higher baseline proportion of circulating follicular B cells. In RA patients, the mRNA vaccine elicited a robust CD4+ T response to a spike peptide pool following the first and second doses. Consistent with the serologies, RBD-specific B cells exhibited a modest increase after the first dose and the second dose resulted in marked increases only in a fraction of the RA patients to both ancestral and omicron RBD. Our results highlight the importance of multidose COVID-19 vaccination in RA patients to develop a protective humoral response. However, these patients rapidly develop specific T CD4+ responses, despite delayed B cell responses.

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Arthritis, RheumatoidCOVID-19Antibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansImmunityLeukocytes, MononuclearmRNA VaccinesRNA, MessengerSARS-CoV-2VaccinationAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesmRNA VaccinesRNA, Messengeranti-spike serologyimmunizationin vitro B and T immune responsePBMC flow cytometryrheumatoid arthritisSARS-CoV-2

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PMID37478373
PMCPMC10533224
OpenAlexW4384935477

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