Towards a Future of Personalized Vaccinology: Study on Individual Variables Influencing the Antibody Response to the COVID-19 Vaccine

The COVID-19 pandemic has hugely impacted many different aspects of human health, and vaccination is one of the most effective weapons to manage it. However, many different factors, such as age, gender, comorbidities and lifestyles, play a role in the response to infections and vaccines. We carried...

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Main Authors: Giuseppa Visalli, Antonio Laganà, Daniela Lo Giudice, Sebastiano Calimeri, Daniela Caccamo, Alessandra Trainito, Angela Di Pietro, Alessio Facciolà
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Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/2/217
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author Giuseppa Visalli
Antonio Laganà
Daniela Lo Giudice
Sebastiano Calimeri
Daniela Caccamo
Alessandra Trainito
Angela Di Pietro
Alessio Facciolà
author_facet Giuseppa Visalli
Antonio Laganà
Daniela Lo Giudice
Sebastiano Calimeri
Daniela Caccamo
Alessandra Trainito
Angela Di Pietro
Alessio Facciolà
author_sort Giuseppa Visalli
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has hugely impacted many different aspects of human health, and vaccination is one of the most effective weapons to manage it. However, many different factors, such as age, gender, comorbidities and lifestyles, play a role in the response to infections and vaccines. We carried out this study to evaluate the potential role played by some individual factors in the production of anti-COVID-19 antibodies in the light of personalized and future vaccinology. We conducted an observational study consisting of a retrospective phase, exploiting previous data about anti-COVID-19 antibody responses, with a prospective phase to investigate individual variables through the use of a questionnaire. The antibody response after the COVID-19 vaccination was inversely related to old age, increased BMI and the number of smoking years, while a positive correlation was found with moderate alcohol consumption and especially with circulating levels of vitamin D, as clearly shown by the multivariate regression analysis. Our study showed that a number of variables are involved in the COVID-19 vaccine antibody response. These findings are very important and can be considered in the light of a future and personalized vaccinology.
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spelling doaj.art-6419eb5dd7494a098fa720864b1e2d262023-11-16T23:41:22ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2023-01-0111221710.3390/vaccines11020217Towards a Future of Personalized Vaccinology: Study on Individual Variables Influencing the Antibody Response to the COVID-19 VaccineGiuseppa Visalli0Antonio Laganà1Daniela Lo Giudice2Sebastiano Calimeri3Daniela Caccamo4Alessandra Trainito5Angela Di Pietro6Alessio Facciolà7Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyThe COVID-19 pandemic has hugely impacted many different aspects of human health, and vaccination is one of the most effective weapons to manage it. However, many different factors, such as age, gender, comorbidities and lifestyles, play a role in the response to infections and vaccines. We carried out this study to evaluate the potential role played by some individual factors in the production of anti-COVID-19 antibodies in the light of personalized and future vaccinology. We conducted an observational study consisting of a retrospective phase, exploiting previous data about anti-COVID-19 antibody responses, with a prospective phase to investigate individual variables through the use of a questionnaire. The antibody response after the COVID-19 vaccination was inversely related to old age, increased BMI and the number of smoking years, while a positive correlation was found with moderate alcohol consumption and especially with circulating levels of vitamin D, as clearly shown by the multivariate regression analysis. Our study showed that a number of variables are involved in the COVID-19 vaccine antibody response. These findings are very important and can be considered in the light of a future and personalized vaccinology.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/2/217COVID-19 vaccinationindividual variablespersonalized vaccinology
spellingShingle Giuseppa Visalli
Antonio Laganà
Daniela Lo Giudice
Sebastiano Calimeri
Daniela Caccamo
Alessandra Trainito
Angela Di Pietro
Alessio Facciolà
Towards a Future of Personalized Vaccinology: Study on Individual Variables Influencing the Antibody Response to the COVID-19 Vaccine
Vaccines
COVID-19 vaccination
individual variables
personalized vaccinology
title Towards a Future of Personalized Vaccinology: Study on Individual Variables Influencing the Antibody Response to the COVID-19 Vaccine
title_full Towards a Future of Personalized Vaccinology: Study on Individual Variables Influencing the Antibody Response to the COVID-19 Vaccine
title_fullStr Towards a Future of Personalized Vaccinology: Study on Individual Variables Influencing the Antibody Response to the COVID-19 Vaccine
title_full_unstemmed Towards a Future of Personalized Vaccinology: Study on Individual Variables Influencing the Antibody Response to the COVID-19 Vaccine
title_short Towards a Future of Personalized Vaccinology: Study on Individual Variables Influencing the Antibody Response to the COVID-19 Vaccine
title_sort towards a future of personalized vaccinology study on individual variables influencing the antibody response to the covid 19 vaccine
topic COVID-19 vaccination
individual variables
personalized vaccinology
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/2/217
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