Aumento de la potencia y amplitud de las células B de memoria después de un aumento del ARNm del SARS-CoV-2

Frauke Muecksch1, Zijun Wang2, Alice Cho2

  • 1Laboratory of Retrovirology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.

Nature
|April 21, 2022
PubMed
Resumen

Una tercera dosis de la vacuna de ARNm aumenta las células B de memoria específicas del dominio de unión al receptor, aumentando la potencia y amplitud de los anticuerpos. Esta respuesta inmune mejorada neutraliza eficazmente las variantes Omicron del SARS-CoV-2, protegiendo contra enfermedades graves.

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