ASH 2022 | Immunity of patients with multiple myeloma after vaccination against COVID-19
Evelyn Ullrich, MD, PhD, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, reports the results of a study that used a comprehensive immune phenotyping framework to assess the immune responses of patients with multiple myeloma to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Multiple myeloma is associated with humoral and cellular immunosuppression, making patients more susceptible to severe COVID-19 infection. Analysis of the adaptive and innate immune cell compartments of patients with multiple myeloma revealed that specific cytokine-responsive NK cell and T cell populations appeared overrepresented in patients with successful vaccination responses, as well as a similar overrepresentation of these immune cells after breakthrough infections. This interview took place at the 64th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition congress in New Orleans, LA.
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Disclosures
BMS: Honoraria; Phialogics: Honoraria.
