Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Antibody decay, T cell immunity and breakthrough infections following two SARS-CoV-2 vaccine doses in inflammatory bowel disease patients treated with infliximab and vedolizumab

  • Simeng Lin,
  • Nicholas A. Kennedy,
  • Aamir Saifuddin,
  • Diana Muñoz Sandoval,
  • Catherine J. Reynolds,
  • Rocio Castro Seoane,
  • Sherine H. Kottoor,
  • Franziska P. Pieper,
  • Kai-Min Lin,
  • David K. Butler,
  • Neil Chanchlani,
  • Rachel Nice,
  • Desmond Chee,
  • Claire Bewshea,
  • Malik Janjua,
  • Timothy J. McDonald,
  • Shaji Sebastian,
  • James L. Alexander,
  • Laura Constable,
  • James C. Lee,
  • Charles D. Murray,
  • Ailsa L. Hart,
  • Peter M. Irving,
  • Gareth-Rhys Jones,
  • Klaartje B. Kok,
  • Christopher A. Lamb,
  • Charlie W. Lees,
  • Daniel M. Altmann,
  • Rosemary J. Boyton,
  • James R. Goodhand,
  • Nick Powell,
  • Tariq Ahmad,
  • CLARITY IBD study

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28517-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Vaccination is effective in protecting from COVID-19. Here the authors report immune responses and breakthrough infections in twice-vaccinated patients receiving anti-TNF treatments for inflammatory bowel disease, and find dampened vaccine responses that implicate the need of adapted vaccination schedules for these patients.