Journal: Frontiers in Immunology
Article Title: Evaluation of humoral immune response in relation to COVID-19 severity over 1 year post-infection: critical cases higher humoral immune response than mild cases
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1203803
Figure Lengend Snippet: Characterization of the specimens and neutralizing antibody responses. (A) Of the enrolled COVID-19 patients, 55.67% were men, with a mean age of 57 (range, 22–92) years, and 44.33% were women, with a mean age of 62.6 (range, 20–93) years. (B) COVID-19 patients (n = 97) were subdivided into four groups according to disease severity: asymptomatic cases (n = 24), mild-to-moderate illness (n = 36), severe illness (n = 14), and critical/fatal cases (n = 23). They were analyzed for age and sex by the Kruskal–Wallis test. (C) Distribution of age according to disease severity. (D) Neutralizing antibodies (PRNT 50 ) after symptom onset depending on sex. (E) Neutralizing antibodies (PRNT 50 ) after symptom onset depending on age. For each parameter, the Mann–Whitney U test was performed; statistical significance is indicated as follows: **** p < 0.0001, *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, and * p < 0.05. (F) Neutralizing antibody titers (PRNT 50 ) plotted after symptom onset up to the 1 year of follow-up; negative controls, healthy blood donors (n = 35). The dotted lines indicate the detection limit of 1:10. The red line in the plot denotes the median. (G) Relative proportions of cases with undetectable and detectable neutralizing antibodies after symptom onset. Approximately 58%, 87%, 98%, 88%, and 78% COVID-19 patients tested positive for neutralizing antibodies at 0–7, 8–14, 15–42, 43–240, and 241–430 days after symptom onset, respectively. (H) Levels of neutralizing antibodies (PRNT 50 ) in the four groups after symptom onset (I) as well as in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients. Nonparametric ANOVA (Kruskal–Wallis test) was performed; statistical significance is indicated as follows: **** p < 0.0001, *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, and * p < 0.05.
Article Snippet: The neutralizing antibody response depending on antiviral drug treatment at different time points after symptom onset was as follow: the PRNT 50 antibody titers in patients treated with lopinavir/ritonavir or remdesivir were significantly higher than those in patients with non-antiviral treatment 15–42 days after symptom onset ( p < 0.001; ).
Techniques: MANN-WHITNEY