• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Cross-reactive CD4 + T cells enhance SARS-CoV-2 immune responses upon infection and vaccination
  • Beteiligte: Loyal, Lucie; Braun, Julian; Henze, Larissa; Kruse, Beate; Dingeldey, Manuela; Reimer, Ulf; Kern, Florian; Schwarz, Tatjana; Mangold, Maike; Unger, Clara; Dörfler, Friederike; Kadler, Shirin; Rosowski, Jennifer; Gürcan, Kübrah; Uyar-Aydin, Zehra; Frentsch, Marco; Kurth, Florian; Schnatbaum, Karsten; Eckey, Maren; Hippenstiel, Stefan; Hocke, Andreas; Müller, Marcel A.; Sawitzki, Birgit; Miltenyi, Stefan; [...]
  • Erschienen: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021
  • Erschienen in: Science
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1126/science.abh1823
  • ISSN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Cross-reactive T cells aid in the fight</jats:title> <jats:p> There is mounting evidence that immunological memory after infection with seasonal human coronaviruses (hCoVs) contributes to cross-protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Loyal <jats:italic>et al</jats:italic> . identified a universal immunodominant coronavirus peptide found within the fusion peptide domain of coronavirus spike protein. This peptide is recognized by CD4 <jats:sup>+</jats:sup> T cells in 20% of unexposed individuals, more than 50% of SARS-CoV-2 convalescents, and 97% of subjects treated with the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Although ubiquitous, these coronavirus-reactive T cells decreased with age, which may explain in part the increased susceptibility of elderly people to COVID-19. —STS </jats:p>