[PDF][PDF] Imprinted SARS-CoV-2-specific memory lymphocytes define hybrid immunity

LB Rodda, PA Morawski, KB Pruner, ML Fahning… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
LB Rodda, PA Morawski, KB Pruner, ML Fahning, CA Howard, N Franko, J Logue
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Immune memory is tailored by cues that lymphocytes perceive during priming. The severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic created a situation in
which nascent memory could be tracked through additional antigen exposures. Both SARS-
CoV-2 infection and vaccination induce multifaceted, functional immune memory, but
together, they engender improved protection from disease, termed hybrid immunity. We
therefore investigated how vaccine-induced memory is shaped by previous infection. We …
Summary
Immune memory is tailored by cues that lymphocytes perceive during priming. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic created a situation in which nascent memory could be tracked through additional antigen exposures. Both SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination induce multifaceted, functional immune memory, but together, they engender improved protection from disease, termed hybrid immunity. We therefore investigated how vaccine-induced memory is shaped by previous infection. We found that following vaccination, previously infected individuals generated more SARS-CoV-2 RBD-specific memory B cells and variant-neutralizing antibodies and a distinct population of IFN-γ and IL-10-expressing memory SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific CD4+ T cells than previously naive individuals. Although additional vaccination could increase humoral memory in previously naive individuals, it did not recapitulate the distinct CD4+ T cell cytokine profile observed in previously infected subjects. Thus, imprinted features of SARS-CoV-2-specific memory lymphocytes define hybrid immunity.
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