Humoral and T-cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients receiving immunosuppression.
Maria PrendeckiCandice ClarkeHelena EdwardsStacey McIntyrePaige MortimerSarah GleesonPaul MartinTina ThomsonPaul RandellAnand ShahAran SinganayagamLiz LightstoneAlison CoxPeter KelleherMichelle WillicombeStephen P McAdooPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2021)
SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are immunogenic in patients receiving immunosuppression, when assessed by a combination of serology and cell-based assays, although the response is impaired compared with healthy individuals. B-cell depletion following rituximab impairs serological responses, but T-cell responses are preserved in this group. We suggest that repeat vaccine doses for serological non-responders should be investigated as means to induce more robust immunological response.