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 ContiPublished 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.