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Evidence of immune response to BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in systemic lupus erythematosus patients treated with Belimumab.

Ilaria SchiavoniEleonora OlivettaFrancesco NatalucciGiulio OlivieriAlessandra Lo PrestiGiorgio FedelePaola StefanelliFulvia CeccarelliFabrizio Conti
Published in: Lupus (2023)
BLM does not impair humoral response to primary BNT162b2 SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. During the follow-up, a decline in antibody levels is evident and the third dose is crucial to increase the specific immune response. Finally, we observed a recall T-cell response to the Spike antigen 6 months after the first vaccination cycle.
Keyphrases
  • immune response
  • sars cov
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • systemic lupus erythematosus
  • dendritic cells
  • coronavirus disease
  • toll like receptor