Pilot Study Results on Antibodies to the S- and N-Proteins of SARS-CoV-2 in Paired Sera from COVID-19 Patients with Varying Severity

In this retrospective cohort study, we investigated the formation of individual classes of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in archived serial sera from hospitalized patients with the medium-severe (n = 17) and severe COVID-19 (n = 11). The serum/plasma samples were studied for the presence of IgG, IgM and IgA antibodies to the recombinant S- and N-proteins of SARS-CoV-2. By the 7th day of hospitalization, an IgG increase was observed in patients both with a positive PCR test and without PCR confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Significant increases in the anti-spike IgG levels were noted only in moderate COVID-19. The four-fold increase of IgM to N-protein was obtained more often in the groups with mild and moderate infections. The IgA levels decreased during the infection to both the S- and N-proteins, and the most pronounced decrease was in the severe COVID-19 patients. The serum IgG to S-protein one week after hospitalization demonstrated a high-power relationship (rs = 0.75) with the level of RBD antibodies. There was a medium strength relationship between the levels of CRP and IgG (rs = 0.43). Thus, in patients with acute COVID-19, an increase in antibodies can develop as early as 1 week of hospital stay. The SARS-CoV-2 antibody conversions may confirm SARS-CoV-2 infection in PCR-negative patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland) - 12(2023), 1 vom: 27. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Desheva, Yulia [VerfasserIn]
Lerner, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Shvedova, Tamara [VerfasserIn]
Kopteva, Olga [VerfasserIn]
Kudar, Polina [VerfasserIn]
Koroleva, Irina [VerfasserIn]
Leontieva, Galina [VerfasserIn]
Suvorov, Alexander [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood tests
COVID-19
Journal Article
Serum antibodies
Severity

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Date Revised 30.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/antib12010019

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354803700