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ArticleCell reports2025

Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 T cell responses as a function of multiple COVID-19 boosters.

Ricardo da Silva Antunes, Vicente Fajardo-Rosas, Esther Dawen Yu, Rosa Isela Gálvez, Adam Abawi, E Alexandar Escarrega, Amparo Martínez-Pérez, Emil Johansson, Benjamin Goodwin, April Frazier and 6 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 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

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Ricardo da Silva AntunesCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Vicente Fajardo-RosasCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Esther Dawen YuCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Rosa Isela GálvezCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Adam AbawiCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
E Alexandar EscarregaCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Amparo Martínez-PérezCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Emil JohanssonCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Benjamin GoodwinCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
April FrazierCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Jennifer M DanCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Shane CrottyCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Grégory SeumoisCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Daniela WeiskopfCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Pandurangan VijayanandCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Alessandro SetteCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: alex@lji.org.

Funding

Single-cell atlas of lung tissue-resident memory T cells reactive to upper and lower respiratory tract pathogensU19AI118626 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI Gregory Seumois · 2015 to 2026
$36.7M
T follicular helper (Tfh) CD4+ T cell, germinal center, and antibody response dysfunction in human recurrent tonsillitisU19AI142742 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI Shane P Crotty · 2019 to 2026
$32.8M
Large Scale T Cell Epitope Discovery:Global identification of epitopes derived from Zika (ZIKV), Chikungunya (CHIKV) viruses following natural infection and vaccination75N93019C00065 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI MITCHELL, MAYA · 2019 to 2023
$7.3M
NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00065NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI118626NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI142742
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigate the long-term impact of repeated COVID-19 vaccinations on adaptive immunity through a 3-year study of 78 individuals without reported symptomatic infections. We observe distinct dynamics in spike-specific responses across multiple vaccine doses. While antibody levels increase and stabilize with each booster, T cell responses quickly plateau and remain stable. Notably, approximately 30% of participants show evidence suggestive of asymptomatic infections. Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals a diverse and stable landscape of spike-specific T cell phenotypes without signs of exhaustion or functional impairment. Individuals with evidence of asymptomatic infection display increased frequencies of Th17-like CD4

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesImmunization, SecondarySARS-CoV-2T-LymphocytesAdaptive ImmunityAdultAgedAntibodies, ViralCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesFemaleHumansImmunologic MemoryMaleMiddle AgedAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusantibody responsesasymptomatic infectionbooster vaccinationCOVID-19CP: ImmunologyexhaustionmRNA vaccinesSARS-CoV-2scRNA-seqT cell responses

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PMCPMC12695460

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