Humoral immune response to COVID-19 vaccine in patients with myasthenia gravis

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  • Sonja Holm-Yildiz
  • Tina Dysgaard
  • Thomas Krag
  • Britt Stævnsbo Pedersen
  • Sebastian Rask Hamm
  • Laura Pérez-Alós
  • Mia Marie Pries-Heje
  • Rasmus Bo Hasselbalch
  • Kamille Fogh
  • Johannes Roth Madsen
  • Linda Maria Hilsted
  • Erik Sørensen

We investigated the humoral response to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (BNT162b2) vaccine in patients with myasthenia gravis on or off immunosuppressants and compared this to the response in healthy individuals. The SARS-CoV-2 IgG response and neutralizing capacity were measured in 83 patients (57 on immunosuppressants) and 332 healthy controls at baseline, three weeks, and two and six months after the vaccine. We found that the proportion of positive humoral response was lower in patients on immunosuppressants vs. controls at three weeks and two months (p ≤ 0.001), but not at six months post-vaccination (p = 0.379).

Original languageEnglish
Article number578215
JournalJournal of Neuroimmunology
Volume384
Number of pages5
ISSN0165-5728
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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  • BNT162b2, COVID-19 vaccine, Humoral response, Myasthenia gravis

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