Alterations in B Cell and Follicular T-Helper Cell Subsets in Patients with Acute COVID-19 and COVID-19 Convalescents

BACKGROUND: Humoral immunity requires interaction between B cell and T follicular helper cells (Tfh) to produce effective immune response, but the data regarding a role of B cells and Tfh in SARS-CoV-2 defense are still sparse.

METHODS: Blood samples from patients with acute COVID-19 (n = 64), convalescents patients who had specific IgG to SARS-CoV-2 N-protein (n = 55), and healthy donors with no detectable antibodies to any SARS-CoV-2 proteins (HC, n = 44) were analyses by multicolor flow cytometry.

RESULTS: Patients with acute COVID-19 showed decreased levels of memory B cells subsets and increased proportion plasma cell precursors compared to HC and COVID-19 convalescent patients, whereas for the latter the elevated numbers of virgin naïve, Bm2' and "Bm3+Bm4" was found if compared with HC. During acute COVID-19 CXCR3+CCR6- Tfh1-like cells were decreased and the levels of CXCR3-CCR6+ Tfh17-like were increased then in HC and convalescent patients. Finally, COVID-19 convalescent patients had increased levels of Tfh2-, Tfh17- and DP Tfh-like cells while comparing their amount with HC.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate that COVID-19 can impact the humoral immunity in the long-term.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Current issues in molecular biology - 44(2021), 1 vom: 30. Dez., Seite 194-205

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kudryavtsev, Igor V [VerfasserIn]
Arsentieva, Natalia A [VerfasserIn]
Batsunov, Oleg K [VerfasserIn]
Korobova, Zoia R [VerfasserIn]
Khamitova, Irina V [VerfasserIn]
Isakov, Dmitrii V [VerfasserIn]
Kuznetsova, Raisa N [VerfasserIn]
Rubinstein, Artem A [VerfasserIn]
Stanevich, Oksana V [VerfasserIn]
Lebedeva, Aleksandra A [VerfasserIn]
Vorobyov, Evgeny A [VerfasserIn]
Vorobyova, Snejana V [VerfasserIn]
Kulikov, Alexander N [VerfasserIn]
Sharapova, Maria A [VerfasserIn]
Pevtcov, Dmitrii E [VerfasserIn]
Totolian, Areg A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

B cell subsets
COVID-19
Convalescents
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2
T follicular helper cells
Tfh cell subsets

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Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cimb44010014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34244655X