Publications by authors named "L Ceron-Gutierrez"

We discovered high-titer neutralizing autoantibodies against interleukin-10 in a child with infantile-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a phenocopy of inborn errors of interleukin-10 signaling. After B-cell-depletion therapy and an associated decrease in the anti-interleukin-10 titer, conventional IBD therapy could be withdrawn. A second child with neutralizing anti-interleukin-10 autoantibodies had a milder course of IBD and has been treated without B-cell depletion.

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  • Elderly individuals (70 years and older) show weaker antibody responses to a COVID-19 booster compared to younger people after receiving an initial two-dose vaccine series with AZD1222 and a third mRNA booster.
  • The elderly have a specific type of B cells (anomalous spike-specific B cells) that may impair their ability to neutralize the virus effectively after the booster.
  • Interestingly, when elderly individuals receive three doses of mRNA vaccines, their antibody responses are comparable to those younger than 70, suggesting that different vaccine technologies influence immune memory formation.
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Age-associated B cells (ABC) accumulate with age and in individuals with different immunological disorders, including cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint blockade and those with inborn errors of immunity. Here, we investigate whether ABCs from different conditions are similar and how they impact the longitudinal level of the COVID-19 vaccine response. Single-cell RNA sequencing indicates that ABCs with distinct aetiologies have common transcriptional profiles and can be categorised according to their expression of immune genes, such as the autoimmune regulator (AIRE).

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Obesity is associated with an increased risk of severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and mortality. COVID-19 vaccines reduce the risk of serious COVID-19 outcomes; however, their effectiveness in people with obesity is incompletely understood. We studied the relationship among body mass index (BMI), hospitalization and mortality due to COVID-19 among 3.

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