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Immunogenicity of standard and extended dosing intervals of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine

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Payne, Rebecca P., Longet, Stephanie, Austin, James A., Skelly, Donal T., Dejnirattisai, Wanwisa, Adele, Sandra, Meardon, Naomi, Faustini, Sian +127 more·2021·Cell

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Extension of the interval between vaccine doses for the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine was introduced in the United Kingdom to accelerate population coverage with a single dose. At this time, trial data were lacking, and we addressed this in a study of United Kingdom healthcare workers. The first vaccine dose induced protection from infection from the circulating alpha (B.1.1.7) variant over several weeks. In a substudy of 589 individuals, we show that this single dose induces severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) neutralizing antibody (NAb) responses and a sustained B and T cell response to the spike protein. NAb levels were higher after the extended dosing interval (6–14 weeks) compared with the conventional 3- to 4-week regimen, accompanied by enrichment of CD4 + T cells expressing interleukin-2 (IL-2). Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection amplified and accelerated the response. These data on dynamic cellular and humoral responses indicate that extension of the dosing interval is an effective immunogenic protocol.

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Payne, R. P., Longet, S., Austin, J. A., Skelly, D. T., Dejnirattisai, W., Adele, S., Meardon, N., Faustini, S., Al-Taei, S., Moore, S. C., Tipton, T., Hering, L. M., Angyal, A., Brown, R., Nicols, A. R., Gillson, N., Dobson, S. L., Amini, A., Supasa, P., Cross, A., Bridges-Webb, A., Reyes, L. S., Linder, A., Sandhar, G., Kilby, J. A., Tyerman, J. K., Altmann, T., Hornsby, H., Whitham, R., Phillips, E., Malone, T., Hargreaves, A., Shields, A., Saei, A., Foulkes, S., Stafford, L., Johnson, S., Wootton, D. G., Conlon, C. P., Jeffery, K., Matthews, P. C., Frater, J., Deeks, A. S., Pollard, A. J., Brown, A., Rowland-Jones, S. L., Mongkolsapaya, J., Barnes, E., Hopkins, S., Hall, V., Dold, C., Duncan, C. J. A., Richter, A., Carroll, M., Screaton, G., de Silva, T. I., Turtle, L., Klenerman, P., Dunachie, S., Abuelgasim, H., Adland, E., Adlou, S., Akther, H. D., Alhussni, A., Ali, M., Ansari, M. A., Arancibia-Cárcamo, C. V., Bayley, M., Brown, H., Chalk, J., Chand, M., Chawla, A., Chinnakannan, S., Cutteridge, J., de Lara, C., Denly, L., Diffey, B., Dimitriadis, S., Drake, T. M., Donnison, T., Dupont, M., Eyre, D., Fairman, A., Gardiner, S., Gilbert-Jarmillo, J., Goulder, P., Hackstein, C.-P., Hambleton, S., Haniffa, M., Haworth, J., Holmes, J., Horner, E., Jämsén, A., Johnson, S., Jones, C., Kasanyinga, M., Kelly, S., Kirk, R., Knight, M. L., Lawrie, A., Lee, L., Lett, L., Lillie, K., Lim, N., Mehta, H., Mentzer, A. J., O’Donnell, D., Ogbe, A., Pace, M., Payne, B. A. I., Platt, G., Poolan, S., Provine, N., Ramamurthy, N., Robinson, N., Romaniuk, L., Rongkard, P., Sampson, O. L., Simmons, B., Spegarova, J. S., Stephenson, E., Subramaniam, K., Thaventhiran, J., Thomas, S., Travis, S., Tucker, S., Turton, H., Watson, A., Watson, L., Weeks, E., Wilson, R., Wood, S., Wright, R., Xiao, H., & Zawia, A. A. T.
Affiliations
  • Newcastle University (GB)
  • University of Liverpool (GB)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Centre for Human Genetics (GB)
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
  • University of Birmingham (GB)
  • University of Sheffield (GB)
  • Public Health England (GB)
  • Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
  • Great North Children's Hospital (GB)
  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
  • Siriraj Hospital (TH)
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Payne, Rebecca P.
  • Klenerman, Paul
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-11
Volume
184
Issue
23
Pages
5699-5714.e11
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3206717788
Cited by
322
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 87 · 2022: 135 · 2021: 18
FWCI
21.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Greater South Information System
Funders
  • University of Liverpool
  • Oxford University
  • UK Research and Innovation
  • Wellcome Trust (NIHR300791, 216417/Z/19/Z, 204721/Z/16/Z, 110058/Z/15/Z)
  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • National Institute for Health Research
  • Utah Department of Health
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • University of Birmingham
  • British Heart Foundation (FS/18/52/33808, PG/11/116/29288)
  • Public Health England
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Social Sciences › Health › Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Keywords
BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine, extended dosing interval, single-dose vaccination, immunogenicity, neutralizing antibodies, spike protein, CD4+ T cells, interleukin-2, SARS-CoV-2, prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, healthcare workers
MeSH terms
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Vaccines, mRNA Vaccines, BNT162 Vaccine, Adult, Aged, Antibodies, Viral, Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic, Ethnicity, Female, Humans, Immunoglobulin G, Immunity, Male, Middle Aged, Reference Standards, T-Lymphocytes, Vaccines, Synthetic, Linear Models, Treatment Outcome, Cross-Priming, Young Adult, Antibodies, Neutralizing

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