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ArticleVaccines2022

Serum Metabolic Correlates of the Antibody Response in Subjects Receiving the Inactivated COVID-19 Vaccine.

Yi Zhang, Qiaoyan Yue, Haojing Zhu, Jieyu Song, Dingding Li, Wen Liu, Shujun Jiang, Ning Jiang, Chao Qiu, Jingwen Ai and 2 more

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Human genetics of responses to vaccines.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2025
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  4. The Implication of Sphingolipids in Viral Infections.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yi ZhangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Biosafety Emergency Response, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Qiaoyan YueNanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210006, China.
Haojing ZhuNanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210006, China.
Jieyu SongDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Biosafety Emergency Response, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Dingding LiNanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210006, China.
Wen LiuNanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210006, China.
Shujun JiangNanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210006, China.
Ning JiangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Biosafety Emergency Response, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Chao QiuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Biosafety Emergency Response, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Jingwen AiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Biosafety Emergency Response, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Yanliang ZhangNanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210006, China.
Wenhong ZhangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Biosafety Emergency Response, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNFudan University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82041010; 92169212; 82161138018Research on prevention and treatment of COVID-19 infection in Nanjing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine XGJB202201Research on prevention and treatment of COVID-19 infection in Nanjing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine XGJB202213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMetabolites are involved in biological process that govern the immune response to infection and vaccination. Knowledge of how metabolites interact with the immune system during immunization with the COVID-19 vaccine is limited. Here, we report that the serum metabolites are correlated with the magnitude of the antibody response in recipients receiving the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine, which provides critical information for studying metabolism regarding the human immune response to vaccination.

methods106 healthy volunteers without history of SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination were prospectively enrolled to receive the primary series of two doses of inactivated whole-virion SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. The serum samples were collected 2-4 weeks after the second dose. The magnitude of the anti-RBD antibody was quantified using surrogate virus neutralization tests. The profile of metabolites in serum was identified using untargeted metabolomics analysis.

resultsThe level of anti-RBD antibody 14-28 days after the second dose was significantly elevated and its interpersonal variability was diverse in a wide range. Thirty-two samples at extremes of the anti-RBD antibody titer were selected to discover the metabolic correlates. Two hundred and fifteen differential metabolites associated with antibody response independent of body mass index were identified. Pregnenolone and sphingolipid metabolism might be involved in the modulation of the human antibody response to the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine.

conclusionWe discovered key metabolites as well as those with a related functional significance that might modulate the human immune response to vaccination.

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COVID-19humoral immune responseregulationserum metabolismvaccine

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