Circulating eosinophils associated with responsiveness to COVID-19 vaccine and the disease severity in patients with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant infection

Objective This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal circulating eosinophil (EOS) data impacted by the COVID-19 vaccine, the predictive role of circulating EOS in the disease severity, and its association with T cell immunity in patients with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 variant infection in Shanghai, China. Methods We collected a cohort of 1,157 patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron/BA.2 variant in Shanghai, China. These patients were diagnosed or admitted between Feb 20, 2022, and May 10, 2022, and were classified as asymptomatic (n = 705), mild (n = 286) and severe (n = 166) groups. We compiled and analyzed data of patients’ clinical demographic characteristics, laboratory findings, and clinical outcomes. Results COVID-19 vaccine reduced the incidence of severe cases. Severe patients were shown to have declined peripheral blood EOS. Both the 2 doses and 3 doses of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines promoted the circulating EOS levels. In particular, the 3rd booster shot of inactivated COVID-19 vaccine was shown to have a sustained promoting effect on circulating EOS. Univariate analysis showed that there was a significant difference in age, underlying comorbidities, EOS, lymphocytes, CRP, CD4, and CD8 T cell counts between the mild and the severe patients. Multivariate logistic regression analysis and ROC curve analysis indicate that circulating EOS (AUC = 0.828, p = 0.025), the combination of EOS and CD4 T cell (AUC = 0.920, p = 0.017) can predict the risk of disease severity in patients with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 variant infection. Conclusions COVID-19 vaccine promotes circulating EOS and reduces the risk of severe illness, and particularly the 3rd booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine sustainedly promotes EOS. Circulating EOS, along with T cell immunity, may have a predictive value for the disease severity in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infected patients..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

BMC pulmonary medicine - 23(2023), 1 vom: 22. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Zhuxian [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Jixu [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Mo, Yin-yuan [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Tiantian [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Beishou [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Haicheng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ziqiang [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19 vaccine
Disease severity
Eosinophil (EOS)
Omicron variant
SARS-CoV-2
T cell immunity

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© The Author(s) 2023

doi:

10.1186/s12890-023-02473-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR051590980