Immunotherapy for COVID-19 : Evolving treatment of viral infection and associated adverse immunological reactions

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This review on COVID-19 immunotherapy enables a comparative analysis of the short-list of currently approved major vaccines. These include the Pfizer and Moderna first mRNA vaccines under FDA purview and the Oxford/AstraZeneca simian adenovirus-vectored vaccine (under UK-MHPRA guidance), all produced in record time, being safe and effective. The Pfizer and Moderna double dose vaccines have the clear edge in treatment efficacy, being in the 90% range compared to AstraZeneca in the average 70%. However, the AZ double dose vaccine has significant advantages with respect to lower cost and stability in storage. We enumerate several potential advances in the technology of the manufacturers: (1) combination vaccines such as testing AstraZeneca's product with a component of the Russian's Sputnik V to achieve durable immunity; (2) the potential for single dose vaccines coming on-line, and with Johnson & Johnson/Janssen; and (3) the need for refined thermotolerant formulations obviating the need for cold storage. As an adjunct to vaccinotherapy, affinity adsorption column technology is another facet recruited in the processing of corona convalescent plasma/cryosupernatant to concentrate neutralizing antibodies against the virus. Clinical trials, to date, of infected patients have been indeterminate as to whether plasmapheresis-based products are effective or not. This is due to the failure to standardize the composition of the plasma derived component, ambiguous clinical indications for use in human subjects, and inconsistent timing of administration in the course of the infection. Known T-cell lymphopenia, which is attendant to progressive viral infection and immune driven inflammation, may be a quantitative surrogate biological marker as to when to start treatment. This is not only for initiating plasmapheresis-based therapeutics but also the judicious selection of ancillary pharmaceuticals, ie. monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins and anti-viral drugs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis - 60(2021), 2 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 103093

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Putter, Jeffrey S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19 Vaccines
Coronavirus convalescent plasma
Coronavirus covid-19
Coronavirus inflammation
Coronavirus neutralizing antibodies
Coronavirus vaccines
Covid 19 lymphopenia
Journal Article
Review

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Date Completed 12.04.2021

Date Revised 28.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.transci.2021.103093

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321691296