Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines decouple anti-viral immunity from humoral autoimmunity

  • Jillian R. Jaycox,
  • Carolina Lucas,
  • Inci Yildirim,
  • Yile Dai,
  • Eric Y. Wang,
  • Valter Monteiro,
  • Sandra Lord,
  • Jeffrey Carlin,
  • Mariko Kita,
  • Jane H. Buckner,
  • Shuangge Ma,
  • Melissa Campbell,
  • Albert Ko,
  • Saad Omer,
  • Carrie L. Lucas,
  • Cate Speake,
  • Akiko Iwasaki,
  • Aaron M. Ring

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36686-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Whilst SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines have demonstrated efficacy in reducing infection severity, research has shown that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with new autoantibodies. Whether this would also be observed during mRNA vaccination is unclear. Here, the authors use an autoantibody screening platform to monitor autoantibody responses in a diverse cohort during vaccination.