Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T255 |
0-14 |
Sentence |
denotes |
B Cell Memory: |
T256 |
15-39 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Development and Lifespan |
T257 |
40-182 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The B cell response to a virus serves not only to protect from the initial challenge, but also to offer extended immunity against reinfection. |
T258 |
183-348 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Following resolution of an infection, plasma cells formed during the acute and convalescent phases continue to secrete antibodies, giving rise to serological memory. |
T259 |
349-457 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Memory B cells that are also formed during the primary infection constitute the second arm of B cell memory. |
T260 |
458-555 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Memory B cells can quickly respond to a reinfection by generating new high-affinity plasma cells. |
T261 |
556-657 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Long-term protection is achieved through the induction of long-lived plasma cells and memory B cells. |
T262 |
658-753 |
Sentence |
denotes |
There is great interest in understanding the lifespan of B cell memory responses to SARS-CoV-2. |
T263 |
754-907 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Protection from reinfection has direct medical and social consequences as the world works to develop vaccination strategies and resume normal activities. |
T264 |
908-1149 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In COVID-19 patients, evidence of near-universal seroconversion and the lack of substantial descriptions of reinfection point to a robust antibody response, which, along with the T cell memory response, would offer protection to reinfection. |
T265 |
1150-1508 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Indeed, a case study of a single patient described induction of CD38HiCD27Hi antibody-secreting cells (ASCs), concomitant with an increase in circulating follicular T helper cells (Tfh) cells (Thevarajan et al., 2020), and a scRNA-seq study of PBMCs from critically ill and recently recovered individuals revealed a plasma cell population (Guo et al., 2020). |
T266 |
1509-1632 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In addition, IgG memory cells specific to the RBD have been identified in the blood of COVID-19 patients (Ju et al., 2020). |
T267 |
1633-1889 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Consistent with the development of immunity after COVID-19 infection, a recent study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in rhesus macaques found that two macaques that had resolved the primary infection were resistant to reinfection 28 days later (Bao et al., 2020b). |
T268 |
1890-2065 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Due to the timing of this outbreak, it is not yet possible to know the nature and extent of long-term memory responses, but lessons may again be learned from other human CoVs. |
T269 |
2066-2282 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In the case of the human CoV 229E, specific IgG and nAbs are rapidly induced but wane in some individuals around a year after infection, with some residual protection to reinfection (Callow et al., 1990, Reed, 1984). |
T270 |
2283-2565 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The lifespan of the humoral response following SARS-CoV-1 infection is also relatively short, with the initial specific IgG and nAb response to SARS-CoV-1 diminishing 2–3 years after infection and nearly undetectable in up to 25% of individuals (Cao et al., 2007, Liu et al., 2006). |
T271 |
2566-2822 |
Sentence |
denotes |
A long-term study following 34 SARS-CoV-1-infected healthcare workers over a 13-year period also found that virus-specific IgG declined after several years, but the authors observed detectable virus-specific IgG 12 years after infection (Guo et al., 2020). |
T272 |
2823-2952 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In the case of MERS-CoV, antibodies were detected in six of seven volunteers tested 3 years after infection (Payne et al., 2016). |
T273 |
2953-3145 |
Sentence |
denotes |
IgG specific to SARS-CoV-2 trimeric spike protein was detectable in serum up to 60 days after symptom onset, but IgG titers began decreasing by 8 weeks post symptom onset (Adams et al., 2020). |
T274 |
3146-3232 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Long-term protection from reinfection may also be mediated by reactive memory B cells. |
T275 |
3233-3476 |
Sentence |
denotes |
A study that analyzed SARS-CoV-1 S protein-specific IgG memory cells at 2, 4, 6, and 8 months post infection found that S-specific IgG memory B cells decreased progressively about 90% from 2 to 8 months after infection (Traggiai et al., 2004). |
T276 |
3477-3642 |
Sentence |
denotes |
A further retrospective study of 23 individuals found no evidence of circulating SARS-CoV-1-specific IgG+ memory B cells 6 years after infection (Tang et al., 2011). |
T277 |
3643-3776 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This is in contrast to the memory T cell response, which was robustly detected based on induced IFN-γ production (Tang et al., 2011). |
T278 |
3777-3971 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Studies of common CoVs SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV indicate that virus-specific antibody responses wane over time and, in the case of common CoVs, result in only partial protection from reinfection. |
T279 |
3972-4159 |
Sentence |
denotes |
These data suggest that immunity to SARS-CoV-2 may diminish following a primary infection, and further studies will be required to determine the degree of long-term protection (Figure 4). |