Autoimmune hepatitis after COVID-19 vaccination

Copyright © 2022 Zheng, Zhang, Xu, Lu and Sang..

Vaccination is one of the most vigorous ways to intervene in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. Cases of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination have been increasingly reported. Twenty-seven cases of AIH are summarized in this study, providing emerging evidence of autoimmune reactions in response to various COVID-19 vaccines, including in patients with special disease backgrounds such as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), liver transplantation, and previous hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment. Molecular mimicry, adjuvants, epitope spreading, bystander activation, X chromosome, and sceptical hepatotropism of SARS-CoV-2 may account for, to some extent, such autoimmune phenomena. Immunosuppressive corticosteroids perform well with or without azathioprine in such post-COVID-19-vaccination AIH. However, determination of the exact mechanism and establishment of causality require further confirmation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 13(2022) vom: 20., Seite 1035073

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zheng, Han [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yiyao [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Sang, Xinting [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH)
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Journal Article
Liver
Review
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccination

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Date Completed 16.12.2022

Date Revised 22.12.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2022.1035073

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350176671