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CD8+ T cells contribute to survival in patients with COVID-19 and hematologic cancer

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Bange, Erin M., Han, Nicholas A., Wileyto, Paul, Kim, Justin Y., Gouma, Sigrid, Robinson, James, Greenplate, Allison R., Hwee, Madeline A. +52 more·2021·Nature Medicine

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Patients with cancer have high mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and the immune parameters that dictate clinical outcomes remain unknown. In a cohort of 100 patients with cancer who were hospitalized for COVID-19, patients with hematologic cancer had higher mortality relative to patients with solid cancer. In two additional cohorts, flow cytometric and serologic analyses demonstrated that patients with solid cancer and patients without cancer had a similar immune phenotype during acute COVID-19, whereas patients with hematologic cancer had impairment of B cells and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-specific antibody responses. Despite the impaired humoral immunity and high mortality in patients with hematologic cancer who also have COVID-19, those with a greater number of CD8 T cells had improved survival, including those treated with anti-CD20 therapy. Furthermore, 77% of patients with hematologic cancer had detectable SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell responses. Thus, CD8 T cells might influence recovery from COVID-19 when humoral immunity is deficient. These observations suggest that CD8 T cell responses to vaccination might provide protection in patients with hematologic cancer even in the setting of limited humoral responses.

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Bange, E. M., Han, N. A., Wileyto, P., Kim, J. Y., Gouma, S., Robinson, J., Greenplate, A. R., Hwee, M. A., Porterfield, F., Owoyemi, O., Naik, K., Zheng, C., Galantino, M., Weisman, A. R., Ittner, C. A. G., Kugler, E. M., Baxter, A. E., Oniyide, O., Agyekum, R. S., Dunn, T. G., Jones, T. K., Giannini, H. M., Weirick, M. E., McAllister, C. M., Babady, N. E., Kumar, A., Widman, A. J., DeWolf, S., Boutemine, S. R., Roberts, C., Budzik, K. R., Tollett, S., Wright, C., Perloff, T., Sun, L., Mathew, D., Giles, J. R., Oldridge, D. A., Wu, J. E., Alanio, C., Adamski, S., Garfall, A. L., Vella, L. A., Kerr, S. J., Cohen, J. V., Oyer, R. A., Massa, R., Maillard, I. P., Maxwell, K. N., Reilly, J. P., Maslak, P. G., Vonderheide, R. H., Wolchok, J. D., Hensley, S. E., Wherry, E. J., Meyer, N. J., DeMichele, A. M., Vardhana, S. A., Mamtani, R., & Huang, A. C.
Affiliations
  • Abramson Cancer Center (US)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
  • Pennsylvania Hospital (US)
  • Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (US)
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
  • Lancaster General Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
  • Vardhana, Santosha A.
  • Mamtani, Ronac
  • Huang, Alexander C.
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2021-05-20
Volume
27
Issue
7
Pages
1280-1289
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W3162400064
Cited by
519
References
66
Citations by year
2026: 21 · 2025: 54 · 2024: 68 · 2023: 111 · 2022: 189 · 2021: 76
FWCI
35.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • Research Square (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Cancer Research Institute (T32CA009140)
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance
  • Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (AI082630, AI155577)
  • Allen Institute for Immunology
  • National Institutes of Health (AI201085, COVID-19, AI112521, AI082630, AI117950)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL137915, R01HL137006, T32HL007586)
  • National Cancer Institute (K08CA230157, T32CA009140, T32CA009512, P30CA008748, T32CA009679)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI 082630, AI136660, COVID-19, K08AI136660, AI112521, AI 117950, U19AI117950, P01AI112521, AI155577, R01AI155577, R01AI123539, U19AI082630)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, CD8+ T cells, hematologic cancer, solid tumors, survival, mortality, humoral immunity, SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, anti-CD20 therapy, T cell response, cancer immunotherapy, hospitalized patients

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