Antibody Responses in COVID-19: A Review

ABSTRACT:The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to spread worldwide as a severe pandemic. Although its seroprevalence is highly variable among territories, it has been reported at around 10%, but higher in health workers. Evidence regarding cross-neutralizing response between SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 is still controversial. However, other previous coronaviruses may interfere with SARS-CoV-2 infection, since they are phylogenetically related and share the same target receptor. Further, the seroconversion of IgM and IgG occurs at around 12 days post onset of symptoms and most patients have neutralizing titers on days 14-20, with great titer variability. Neutralizing antibodies correlate positively with age, male sex, and severity of the disease. Moreover, the use of convalescent plasma has shown controversial results in terms of safety and efficacy, and due to the variable immune response among individuals, measuring antibody titers before transfusion is mostly required. Similarly, cellular immunity seems to be crucial in the resolution of the infection, as SARS-CoV-2-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells circulate to some extent in recovered patients. Of note, the duration of the antibody response has not been well established yet.

• Autores: Chvatal Medina, Mateo; Méndez Cortina, Yorjagis Andrés; Patiño Grajales, Pablo Javier; Velilla Hernández, Paula Andrea; Rugeles López, María Teresa
• Tipo de recurso: Review article
• Fecha de publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/36565
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10495/36565
• Palabra clave: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Estudios Seroepidemiológicos; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Cinética; Kinetics; Pruebas de Neutralización; Neutralization Tests; Anticuerpos; Antibodies; Terapéutica; Therapeutics
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/