Journal: Frontiers in Immunology

Article Title: Humoral Immune Response Diversity to Different COVID-19 Vaccines: Implications for the “Green Pass” Policy

doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.833085

Figure Lengend Snippet: Spearman’s correlation analysis of serum anti-receptor-binding domain (anti-RBD) antibody titers and neutralizing activity in 70 participants in the study (22 vaccinated with BNT162b2, 9 with mRNA-1273, 27 with ChAdOx1 nCov19, 9 with Ad26.COV2.S, 1 COVID-19 convalescent, and 2 with mixed vaccines). (A) Correlation plot of anti-RBD antibody titers versus neutralizing activity (percentage inhibition of RBD-ACE2 binding) assessed through the cPass™ ELISA-based assay. (B) Correlation plot of anti-RBD antibody titers versus neutralizing activity assessed through IgG/Neutralizing Antibody Rapid Test. (C) Correlation plot of neutralizing activity evaluated through cPass™ ELISA-based assay and IgG/Neutralizing Antibody Rapid Test cassettes. Trendlines, Spearman’s r , and p -values are also represented (statistical significance for p < 0.05).

Article Snippet: Some of them have high costs, require trained personnel, and can only be carried out in a Biosafety Safety Level 3-equipped laboratory, whereas others, such as the cPass surrogate virus neutralization test (sVNT) (GenScript, Piscataway, NJ, USA) used in this work, are ELISA-based assays and only require optical density readers.

Techniques: Binding Assay, Activity Assay, Vaccines, Inhibition, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay

Journal: Frontiers in Immunology

Article Title: Humoral Immune Response Diversity to Different COVID-19 Vaccines: Implications for the “Green Pass” Policy

doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.833085

Figure Lengend Snippet: Neutralizing activity evaluated by cPass™ ELISA-based SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Antibody Detection Kit in 70 sera from differently vaccinated individuals. Serum samples were considered positive when ≥30% inhibition was measured, as shown by the red line in the graph. (A) Percentage inhibition of receptor-binding domain–angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (RBD-ACE2) binding within different vaccination groups (see also Table 3 ). Statistical significance was assessed by ANOVA following Tukey’s multiple comparisons test, ** p < 0.005, * p < 0.05. (B) Comparison of neutralizing activity in sera from individuals who received adenoviral DNA-based vaccines and mRNA-based vaccines. Statistical significance was assessed by unpaired t-test, * p = 0.0016.

Article Snippet: Some of them have high costs, require trained personnel, and can only be carried out in a Biosafety Safety Level 3-equipped laboratory, whereas others, such as the cPass surrogate virus neutralization test (sVNT) (GenScript, Piscataway, NJ, USA) used in this work, are ELISA-based assays and only require optical density readers.

Techniques: Activity Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Neutralization, Inhibition, Binding Assay, Comparison, Vaccines

Journal: Frontiers in Immunology

Article Title: Humoral Immune Response Diversity to Different COVID-19 Vaccines: Implications for the “Green Pass” Policy

doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.833085

Figure Lengend Snippet: Mean neutralizing activity measured by the cPass™ ELISA-based assay in sera from 70 individuals who received different vaccines.

Article Snippet: Some of them have high costs, require trained personnel, and can only be carried out in a Biosafety Safety Level 3-equipped laboratory, whereas others, such as the cPass surrogate virus neutralization test (sVNT) (GenScript, Piscataway, NJ, USA) used in this work, are ELISA-based assays and only require optical density readers.

Techniques: Activity Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Vaccines

Journal: medRxiv

Article Title: Long-term immunogenicity of BNT162b2 vaccination in the elderly and in younger health care workers

doi: 10.1101/2021.08.26.21262468

Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Anti-S1 IgG in serum measured by a microarray-based immunoassay, (B) serum pseudovirus neutralization against the Delta VOC two and six months after vaccination measured by pNT, and (C) SARS-CoV-2 S1 specific T cell response detected by IGRA. Dotted horizontal lines indicate themanufacturer’s threshold for anti-S1 IgG ≥1 S/Co (A) and the lower limit of detection (1:10 dilution) for pNT (B). Horizontal lines within plotted data regions indicate the median and interquartile range, except for pNT, where the geometric mean and 95% confidence interval is shown. P values (all <0.0001) were calculated by non-parametric Mann Whitney U test. S/Co: signal-to-cutoff, pNT: pseudovirus neutralization test, ID 50 : 50% inhibition dilution, IGRA: interferon-γ release assay, IU: international units.

Article Snippet: Functional neutralization capacity was investigated using a commercially available ELISA-based SARS-CoV-2 RBD-ACE2 binding inhibition assay (surrogate SARS-CoV-2 neutralization test (sVNT) cPass (medac GmbH, https://international.medac.de ).

Techniques: Microarray, Neutralization, MANN-WHITNEY, Inhibition, Release Assay

Journal: medRxiv

Article Title: Long-term immunogenicity of BNT162b2 vaccination in the elderly and in younger health care workers

doi: 10.1101/2021.08.26.21262468

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Anti-SARS-CoV-2 N, ( B ) RBD- ( C ) and full-spike IgG measured in the serum of BNT162b2 vaccinated HCW and elderly persons six months after the first vaccination. ( D ) Neutralizing capacity was measured by sVNT and ( E ) serum neutralization against Alpha (B.1.1.7) VOC detected by pNT in vaccinated HCW and elderly persons six months after the first vaccination. ( F ) Binding capacity of serum IgG against six different RBDs of SARS-CoV-2 variants carrying the indicated mutations in HCW and elderly, measured by ELISA. Dotted lines indicate the manufacturer’s threshold values: for anti-N, anti-RBD, and anti-full spike IgG ≥1 S/Co, for sVNT >30%, and the lower limit of detection (1:10 dilution) for pNT. Lines indicate the median and interquartile range except for pNT, where the geometric mean and 95% confidence interval are shown. P values were calculated by the non-parametric Mann Whitney U test or Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn’s multiple comparisons test. S/Co: signal-to-cutoff, N: nucleocapsid protein, RBD: receptor-binding domain, sVNT: surrogate virus neutralization test, ACE2: angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, ID50: 50% inhibition dilution.

Article Snippet: Functional neutralization capacity was investigated using a commercially available ELISA-based SARS-CoV-2 RBD-ACE2 binding inhibition assay (surrogate SARS-CoV-2 neutralization test (sVNT) cPass (medac GmbH, https://international.medac.de ).

Techniques: Neutralization, Binding Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, MANN-WHITNEY, Inhibition

Journal: Kidney360

Article Title: Clinical Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Adults with ESKD Receiving Outpatient Hemodialysis

doi: 10.34067/KID.0004372021

Figure Lengend Snippet: Longitudinal results from end-stage renal disease (ESRD) participants on maintenance dialysis. (A) Longitudinal results including RT-PCR, viral culture, symptom onset, SARS-CoV-2–specific antibodies, and positive neutralizing antibodies from participants with ESKD on maintenance dialysis with SARS-CoV-2 infection (N=15). (B) Longitudinal results including RT-PCR, viral cultures, symptom onset, and positive and negative symptoms from participants with ESKD on maintenance dialysis with SARS-CoV-2 infection (N=15). Thirteen participants completed the assessment. Participants D and K withdrew before the end of the assessment. Day of diagnosis is displayed as day 0 on the x axis and represents the day of diagnosis recorded in the facility’s medical record (either RT-PCR or antigen test). For each visit, a composite RT-PCR result was determined on the basis of available RT-PCR results from all specimens collected at each visit (oropharyngeal, anterior nasal, and saliva). We defined RT-PCR positivity as having any of the three specimens RT-PCR positive, inconclusive if there was no positive RT-PCR but at least one inconclusive test, and negative if all specimens were negative by RT-PCR. Antibody to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein was positive if ≥100. Positive neutralization was defined as ≥70% of inhibition using a Genscript cPass Surrogate Neutralization Kit. Group 1: diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection was ≤5 days before enrollment. Group 2: diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection was 6–15 days before enrollment. Group 3: diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection was >15 days before enrollment and evidence of recent RT-PCR positivity (i.e., positive RT-PCR ≤5 days of enrollment). Symptomatic was defined as reporting any symptoms from the coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms list (included in Table 1) during a particular visit. Participant A had rheumatoid arthritis and was taking 5 mg/d prednisone. Participants D and H had a history of kidney allograft failure and were taking immunosuppressive medications. Participant L received convalescent plasma and Ig in the first 2 days after diagnosis. The remaining patients had no immunosuppressive conditions. ID, identifier; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Article Snippet: Positive neutralization was defined as ≥70% of inhibition using a Genscript cPass Surrogate Neutralization Kit.

Techniques: Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, Infection, Biomarker Discovery, Neutralization, Inhibition, Medications, Clinical Proteomics

Journal: Kidney360

Article Title: Clinical Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Adults with ESKD Receiving Outpatient Hemodialysis

doi: 10.34067/KID.0004372021

Figure Lengend Snippet: Detection of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies among patients with ESKD on maintenance dialysis with SARS-CoV-2 infection (N=15) since diagnosis. Surrogate neutralization antibodies were measured using the Genscript cPass Surrogate Neutralization Kit. The results are presented as percentages and represent the percent that particular serum specimen blocked the interaction between the SARs-CoV-2 receptor binding domain and the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 cellular receptor. The higher the number, the more surrogate neutralization activity; ≥70% (dashed line) was considered positive. Participant A had rheumatoid arthritis and was taking 5 mg/d prednisone. Participants D and H had a history of kidney allograft failure and were taking immunosuppressive medications. Participant L received convalescent plasma and Ig in the first 2 days after diagnosis. Participants D and K withdrew before the end of the assessment. Participants D and E did not have documented seroconversion. ID, identifier.

Article Snippet: Positive neutralization was defined as ≥70% of inhibition using a Genscript cPass Surrogate Neutralization Kit.

Techniques: Infection, Biomarker Discovery, Neutralization, Binding Assay, Activity Assay, Medications, Clinical Proteomics