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Title
Robust SARS-CoV-2 T cell responses with common TCRαβ motifs toward COVID-19 vaccines in patients with hematological malignancy impacting B cells.
Publication Date
2023-03-27
Author(s)
Nguyen, Thi H O
Rowntree, Louise C
Allen, Lilith F
Chua, Brendon Y
Kedzierski, Lukasz
Lim, Chhay
Lasica, Masa
Tennakoon, G Surekha
Saunders, Natalie R
Crane, Megan
Chee, Lynette
Seymour, John F
Anderson, Mary Ann
Whitechurch, Ashley
Clemens, E Bridie
Zhang, Wuji
Chang, So Young
Habel, Jennifer R
Jia, Xiaoxiao
McQuilten, Hayley A
Minervina, Anastasia A
Pogorelyy, Mikhail V
Chaurasia, Priyanka
Petersen, Jan
Menon, Tejas
Hensen, Luca
Neil, Jessica A
Mordant, Francesca L
Tan, Hyon-Xhi
Cabug, Aira F
Wheatley, Adam K
Kent, Stephen J
Subbarao, Kanta
Karapanagiotidis, Theo
Huang, Han
Vo, Lynn K
Cain, Natalie L
Nicholson, Suellen
Krammer, Florian
Gibney, Grace
James, Fiona L
Trevillyan, Janine
Trubiano, Jason
Mitchell, Jeni
Christensen, Britt
Bond, Katherine A
Williamson, Deborah A
Rossjohn, Jamie
Crawford, Jeremy Chase
Thomas, Paul G
Thursky, Karin A
Slavin, Monica A
Tam, Constantine S
Teh, Benjamin W
Kedzierska, Katherine
Subject
B cells
CD4(+) T cells
CD8(+) T cells
COVID-19 vaccines
SARS-CoV-2
T follicular helper cells
antibody-secreting cells
hematology
memory T cells
tetramer-specific
Type of document
Journal Article
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DOI
10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101017
Abstract
Immunocompromised hematology patients are vulnerable to severe COVID-19 and respond poorly to vaccination. Relative deficits in immunity are, however, unclear, especially after 3 vaccine doses. We evaluated immune responses in hematology patients across three COVID-19 vaccination doses. Seropositivity was low after a first dose of BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 (∼26%), increased to 59%-75% after a second dose, and increased to 85% after a third dose. While prototypical antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) and T follicular helper (Tfh) cell responses were elicited in healthy participants, hematology patients showed prolonged ASCs and skewed Tfh2/17 responses. Importantly, vaccine-induced expansions of spike-specific and peptide-HLA tetramer-specific CD4+/CD8+ T cells, together with their T cell receptor (TCR) repertoires, were robust in hematology patients, irrespective of B cell numbers, and comparable to healthy participants. Vaccinated patients with breakthrough infections developed higher antibody responses, while T cell responses were comparable to healthy groups. COVID-19 vaccination induces robust T cell immunity in hematology patients of varying diseases and treatments irrespective of B cell numbers and antibody response.
Link
Citation
Cell Reports. Medicine 2023; 4(4)
Jornal Title
Cell Reports. Medicine
ISSN
2666-3791

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