Autor: |
Julia Feige, Klaus Berek, Michael Seiberl, Patrick Hilpold, Wolfgang Hitzl, Franziska Di Pauli, Harald Hegen, Florian Deisenhammer, Eugen Trinka, Andrea Harrer, Peter Wipfler, Tobias Moser |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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Zdroj: |
Neurology International, Vol 14, Iss 4, Pp 943-951 (2022) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2035-8377 |
DOI: |
10.3390/neurolint14040075 |
Popis: |
Anti-CD20 therapies decrease the humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 immunization. We aimed to determine the extent of the humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 antigens in correlation with peripheral B-cell dynamics among patients with central nervous system inflammatory disorders treated with anti-CD20 medications. We retrospectively included patients receiving anti-CD20 therapy after antigen contact who were divided into responders (>7 binding antibody units (BAU)/mL) and non-responders (n = 34, non-responders n = 37, recall cohort n = 9). The B-cell counts among responders were significantly higher compared to non-responders (mean 1012 cells/µL ± SD 105 vs. mean 17 cells/µL ± SD 47; p < 0.001). Despite very low B-cell counts (mean 9 cells/µL ± SD 20), humoral response was preserved among the recall cohort (mean 1653 BAU/mL ± SD 2250.1) and did not differ significantly from responders (mean 735 BAU/mL ± SD 1529.9; p = 0.14). Our data suggest that peripheral B cells are required to generate antibodies to neo-antigens but not for a recall response during anti-CD20 therapy. Evaluation of B-cell counts and pre-existing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies might serve as biomarkers for estimating the immune competence to mount a humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 antigens. |
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