Humoral and cellular adaptive immunity are two immune mechanisms that act against pathogens. Humoral immunity is mediated by antibodies, while cellular immunity does not involve antibodies and is, instead, facilitated by T cells. Studying how these immune mechanisms mediate SARS-CoV-2 infections could be beneficial in controlling the progression of the disease. However, their roles in viral control or disease pathogenesis is not fully understood and only a few studies have thoroughly monitored COVID-19 patients longitudinally, especially during the acute phase of infection.
To fill this knowledge gap, the team of researchers investigated the changes in virological and immunological parameters in 12 patients with symptomatic acute SARS-CoV-2 infection from onset of the disease to recovery or death.
"We found that patients who control SARS-Cov-2 infection with only mild symptoms are characterised by an early induction of IFN-γ secreting SARS-CoV-2 specific T cells. The amount of humoral response, however, does not predict the level of COVID-19 disease severity," the co-author of this study.
"Our data supports the idea that SARS-CoV-2 specific T cells play an important role in the rapid control of viral infection and eventual clearance of the disease," added another co-author of this study.
This work is a continuation of the team's previous publication in Nature, where they analysed SARS-CoV-2 specific T cell response in COVID-19 patients at convalescence. In this study, they have expanded the analysis to the full timeline of SARS-CoV-2 infection from onset to outcome.
"It is time that T cell monitoring should be considered in providing a comprehensive understanding of the immune response against SARS-CoV-2. This would also mean that a vaccine will likely be more effective if a holistic induction of both antibodies and T cells occurs," said the corresponding author of this study.
The team is now studying more symptomatic COVID-19 patients with varying disease severity to further validate their findings.
https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/allnews/media-releases/early-functional-sars-cov-2-specific-t-cell-response
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(21)00041-3
http://sciencemission.com/site/index.php?page=news&type=view&id=publications%2Fearly-induction-of&filter=22
Early functional SARS-COV-2 specific T cell response may prevent severe infection
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