B Cell Unit, Immunology Research Area, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Front Immunol. 2023 May 25;14:1194225. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1194225. eCollection 2023.
INTRODUCTION: Assessing the response to vaccinations is one of the diagnostic criteria for Common Variable Immune Deficiencies (CVIDs). Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 offered the unique opportunity to analyze the immune response to a novel antigen. We identify four CVIDs phenotype clusters by the integration of immune parameters after BTN162b2 boosters. METHODS: We performed a longitudinal study on 47 CVIDs patients who received the 3rd and 4th vaccine dose of the BNT162b2 vaccine measuring the generation of immunological memory. We analyzed specific and neutralizing antibodies, spike-specific memory B cells, and functional T cells. RESULTS: We found that, depending on the readout of vaccine efficacy, the frequency of responders changes. Although 63.8% of the patients have specific antibodies in the serum, only 30% have high-affinity specific memory B cells and generate recall responses. DISCUSSION: Thanks to the integration of our data, we identified four functional groups of CVIDs patients with different B cell phenotypes, T cell functions, and clinical diseases. The presence of antibodies alone is not sufficient to demonstrate the establishment of immune memory and the measurement of the in-vivo response to vaccination distinguishes patients with different immunological defects and clinical diseases.
简介:评估疫苗接种反应是常见可变免疫缺陷(CVIDs)的诊断标准之一。接种 SARS-CoV-2 疫苗提供了分析新型抗原免疫反应的独特机会。我们通过整合 BTN162b2 加强针后的免疫参数,确定了四种 CVIDs 表型簇。
方法:我们对 47 名接受 BNT162b2 疫苗第 3 剂和第 4 剂疫苗接种的 CVIDs 患者进行了纵向研究,测量免疫记忆的产生。我们分析了特异性和中和抗体、刺突特异性记忆 B 细胞和功能性 T 细胞。
结果:我们发现,根据疫苗疗效的检测结果,应答者的频率发生变化。尽管 63.8%的患者血清中存在特异性抗体,但只有 30%的患者具有高亲和力的特异性记忆 B 细胞,并产生回忆反应。
讨论:由于我们的数据整合,我们确定了具有不同 B 细胞表型、T 细胞功能和临床疾病的 CVIDs 患者的四个功能组。仅存在抗体不足以证明免疫记忆的建立,并且对疫苗接种体内反应的测量可区分具有不同免疫缺陷和临床疾病的患者。
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