Diminished responses to mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis on immune-modifying therapies.

ABSTRACT: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder that causes debilitating swelling and destruction of the joints. People with RA are treated with drugs that actively suppress one or more parts of their immune system, and these may alter the response to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. In this study, we analyzed blood samples from a cohort of patients with RA after receiving a 2-dose mRNA COVID-19 vaccine regimen. Our data show that individuals on the cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4-Ig therapy abatacept had reduced levels of SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing antibodies after vaccination. At the cellular level, these patients showed reduced activation and class switching of SARS-CoV-2-specific B cells, as well as reduced numbers and impaired helper cytokine production by SARS-Co

SUBMITTER: Klebanoff SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10445680 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature