Clinical application of COVID-19 vaccine in liver transplant recipients.

Antibody response COVID-19 Liver transplant SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

Journal

Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international : HBPD INT
ISSN: 1499-3872
Titre abrégé: Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int
Pays: Singapore
ID NLM: 101151457

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 Aug 2023
Historique:
received: 06 04 2023
accepted: 07 08 2023
medline: 25 8 2023
pubmed: 25 8 2023
entrez: 24 8 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Solid organ transplant (SOT) activities, such as liver transplant, have been greatly influenced by the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Immunosuppressed individuals of liver transplant recipients (LTRs) tend to have a high risk of COVID-19 infection and related complications. Therefore, COVID-19 vaccination has been recommended to be administered as early as possible in LTRs. The keywords "liver transplant", "SARS-CoV-2", and "vaccine" were used to retrieve articles published in PubMed. The antibody response following the 1st and 2nd doses of vaccination was disappointingly low, and the immune responses among LTRs remarkably improved after the 3rd or 4th dose of vaccination. Although the 3rd or 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine increased the antibody titer, a proportion of patients remained unresponsive. Furthermore, recent studies showed that SARS-CoV-2 vaccine could trigger adverse events in LTRs, including allograft rejection and liver injury. This review provides the recently reported data on the antibody response of LTRs following various doses of vaccine, risk factors for poor serological response and adverse events after vaccination.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Solid organ transplant (SOT) activities, such as liver transplant, have been greatly influenced by the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Immunosuppressed individuals of liver transplant recipients (LTRs) tend to have a high risk of COVID-19 infection and related complications. Therefore, COVID-19 vaccination has been recommended to be administered as early as possible in LTRs.
DATA SOURCES METHODS
The keywords "liver transplant", "SARS-CoV-2", and "vaccine" were used to retrieve articles published in PubMed.
RESULTS RESULTS
The antibody response following the 1st and 2nd doses of vaccination was disappointingly low, and the immune responses among LTRs remarkably improved after the 3rd or 4th dose of vaccination. Although the 3rd or 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine increased the antibody titer, a proportion of patients remained unresponsive. Furthermore, recent studies showed that SARS-CoV-2 vaccine could trigger adverse events in LTRs, including allograft rejection and liver injury.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
This review provides the recently reported data on the antibody response of LTRs following various doses of vaccine, risk factors for poor serological response and adverse events after vaccination.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37620225
pii: S1499-3872(23)00129-7
doi: 10.1016/j.hbpd.2023.08.010
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

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IM

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023 First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interest No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

Auteurs

Feng-Chao Liu (FC)

Division of Hepatology, Liver Disease Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China; Organ Transplantation Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China; Institute of Organ Donation and Transplantation of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China.

Man Xie (M)

Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China.

Wei Rao (W)

Division of Hepatology, Liver Disease Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China; Organ Transplantation Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China; Institute of Organ Donation and Transplantation of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China. Electronic address: qdfy_raowei@qdu.edu.cn.

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