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SynthesisImmunity, inflammation and disease2025

Can Labs Help With Vaccination? In Vitro Tests in Diagnosis of Allergy to COVID-19 Vaccines-A Systematic Review.

Jan Romantowski, Marika Gawinowska, Piotr Trzonkowski, Marek Niedoszytko

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jan RomantowskiDepartment of Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0487-0957
Marika GawinowskaDepartment of Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1653-0116
Piotr TrzonkowskiDepartment of Immunology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5287-5210
Marek NiedoszytkoDepartment of Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1089-1911

Funding

The article was prepared as part of the course Clinical Research Scholars Programme conducted by Harvard Medical School in 2023/2024 funded by Medical Research Agency (Poland, Warsaw).
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSince the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2019, vaccinations have proven to be a key strategy in disease prophylaxis. Although vaccines are safe from the perspective of the general population, hypersensitivity reactions have still been described, causing individuals to be reluctant in their vaccination decision. Since the description of first reports of COVID-19 vaccine allergy, many protocols of allergy work-up have been developed, including In Vitro and In Vivo tests. Although In Vivo tests were more accessible, many patients preferred In Vitro tests that would not involve contact with the allergen and be safe. This applied in particular to patients that had experienced a severe delayed hypersensitivity reaction in which In Vivo tests were highly limited and provocations were deemed high risk. Taking into account these circumstances, In Vitro tests might significantly enhance allergy work-up.

methodsNational Center for Biotechnology Information (Pubmed) database was searched in May 2024 for articles on In Vitro diagnostic methods for COVID-19 vaccine allergy and hypersensitivity.

resultsThis article describes the In Vitro tests developed to date in the diagnosis of COVID-19 vaccine hypersensitivity: (1) analysis of specific IgE and IgG, (2) Basophil Activation Test, (3) Histamine Release Test, (4) IgM-dependent complement activation, (5) Lymphocyte Transformation Test, (6) Flow cytometry T-Cell markers, (7) Th1/Th2 cytokines concentration in cell culture.

conclusionsThe article highlights the tests' advantages, flaws and possible clinical applications.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesDrug HypersensitivitySARS-CoV-2VaccinationHumansImmunoglobulin ECOVID-19 VaccinesImmunoglobulin Ebasophile activation testELISAhypersensitivityIgElaboratorylymphocyte activation testvaccine

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PMID40365983
PMCPMC12076348

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