2023
2368. SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination induces B cell immunity in the tonsils and adenoids of children
Xu Q, Mudd P, Behzadpour H, Bellusci L, Grubbs G, Pourhashemi S, Tang J, Liu C, Newman D, Shi L, Milanez-Almeida P, Kardava L, Tsang J, Moir S, Khurana S, Schwartzberg P, Manthiram K. 2368. SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination induces B cell immunity in the tonsils and adenoids of children. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.1989. PMCID: PMC10677082, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1989.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSARS-CoV-2-specific B cellsMemory B cellsB cellsAdenoids of childrenMRNA vaccinesVaccinated subjectsPeripheral bloodInfected subjectsUpper respiratory tract lymphoid tissueSARS-CoV-2IgA+ memory B cellsSARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinesGerminal center B cellsRobust adaptive immune responsesPost-vaccinationCOVID-19 mRNA vaccinesB-cell phenotypeB cell immunityAdaptive immune responsesImmunity to SARS-CoV-2SARS-CoV-2 infectionPost-infectionLymphoid tissueAdenoidsMucosal IgA
2022
Adaptive immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 persist in the pharyngeal lymphoid tissue of children
Xu Q, Milanez-Almeida P, Martins A, Radtke A, Hoehn K, Oguz C, Chen J, Liu C, Tang J, Grubbs G, Stein S, Ramelli S, Kabat J, Behzadpour H, Karkanitsa M, Spathies J, Kalish H, Kardava L, Kirby M, Cheung F, Preite S, Duncker P, Kitakule M, Romero N, Preciado D, Gitman L, Koroleva G, Smith G, Shaffer A, McBain I, McGuire P, Pittaluga S, Germain R, Apps R, Schwartz D, Sadtler K, Moir S, Chertow D, Kleinstein S, Khurana S, Tsang J, Mudd P, Schwartzberg P, Manthiram K. Adaptive immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 persist in the pharyngeal lymphoid tissue of children. Nature Immunology 2022, 24: 186-199. PMID: 36536106, PMCID: PMC10777159, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-022-01367-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell receptorImmune responseGerminal centersPrevious SARS-CoV-2 infectionSARS-CoV-2 infectionB-cell receptor sequencingTissue-specific immunityCell receptor sequencingAdaptive immune responsesUpper respiratory tractMemory B cellsT cell clonotypesSite of infectionSARS-CoV-2Pharyngeal lymphoid tissuePeripheral bloodLymphocyte populationsLymphoid tissueRespiratory tractCell clonotypesAdaptive immunityB cellsCDR3 sequencesAdenoidsCell receptor