SARS-CoV-2 vaccination washes away original antigenic sin.
Trends Immunol
; 43(4): 271-273, 2022 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1702351
ABSTRACT
According to Röltgen and colleagues vaccination generates antibody breadth, whereas SARS-CoV-2 infection does not. Vaccination results in germinal center B cell responses and generates immunological breadth, with antibodies that bind viral variants. COVID-19 from SARS-CoV-2 infection does not induce germinal centers; it sustains immune imprinting, also known as 'original antigenic sin', and this results in limited immunological breadth.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Topics:
Vaccines
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Variants
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Trends Immunol
Journal subject:
Allergy and Immunology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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