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Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccines (Basel)
. 2022 Apr 21;10(5):653.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines10050653.
Dual-Positive MPO- and PR3-ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Booster Vaccination: A Case Report and Systematic Review
Eva Baier[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ulrike Olgemöller[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Lorenz Biggemann[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Cordula Buck[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Björn Tampe[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is ongoing, and new variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are emerging, vaccines are needed to protect individuals at high risk of complications and to potentially control disease outbreaks by herd immunity. After SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) presenting with a pulmonary hemorrhage has been described. Previous studies suggested that monocytes upregulate major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II cell surface receptor human leukocyte antigen receptor (HLA-DR) molecules in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) patients with proteinase 3 (PR3)- and myeloperoxidase (MPO)-ANCA seropositivity. Here, we present a case of new-onset AAV after booster vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. Moreover, we provide evidence that the majority of monocytes express HLA-DR in AAV after SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccination. It is possible that the enhanced immune response after booster vaccination and presence of HLA-DR[SUP]+[/SUP] monocytes could be responsible for triggering the production of the observed MPO- and PR3-ANCA autoantibodies. Additionally, we conducted a systematic review of de novo AAV after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination describing their clinical manifestations in temporal association with SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, ANCA subtype, and treatment regimens. In light of a hundred million individuals being booster vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2 worldwide, a potential causal association with AAV may result in a considerable subset of cases with potential severe complications.
Keywords: ANCA-associated vasculitis; SARS-CoV-2; booster vaccination; pulmonary hemorrhage; systemic vasculitis.
. 2022 Apr 21;10(5):653.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines10050653.
Dual-Positive MPO- and PR3-ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Booster Vaccination: A Case Report and Systematic Review
Eva Baier[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ulrike Olgemöller[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Lorenz Biggemann[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Cordula Buck[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Björn Tampe[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35632410
- DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10050653
Abstract
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is ongoing, and new variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are emerging, vaccines are needed to protect individuals at high risk of complications and to potentially control disease outbreaks by herd immunity. After SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) presenting with a pulmonary hemorrhage has been described. Previous studies suggested that monocytes upregulate major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II cell surface receptor human leukocyte antigen receptor (HLA-DR) molecules in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) patients with proteinase 3 (PR3)- and myeloperoxidase (MPO)-ANCA seropositivity. Here, we present a case of new-onset AAV after booster vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. Moreover, we provide evidence that the majority of monocytes express HLA-DR in AAV after SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccination. It is possible that the enhanced immune response after booster vaccination and presence of HLA-DR[SUP]+[/SUP] monocytes could be responsible for triggering the production of the observed MPO- and PR3-ANCA autoantibodies. Additionally, we conducted a systematic review of de novo AAV after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination describing their clinical manifestations in temporal association with SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, ANCA subtype, and treatment regimens. In light of a hundred million individuals being booster vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2 worldwide, a potential causal association with AAV may result in a considerable subset of cases with potential severe complications.
Keywords: ANCA-associated vasculitis; SARS-CoV-2; booster vaccination; pulmonary hemorrhage; systemic vasculitis.