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. 2022 Sep 14;12:15447. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-19581-y

Table 2.

Humoral and cellular immune responses during and after BNT162b2 mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccination regimen.

Days after first vaccine dose
Day 1
(n = 100)
Day 15
(n = 100)
Day 29
(n = 97)
Day 61
(n = 97)
Day 82–96
(n = 96)
Day 224–232
(n = 66)
Day 263
(n = 19§, 14||)
IgG-S-RBD (AU/mL) 2.6 550* 20582* 9649* 5419* 780* 784*
(1.43–4.40) (277–1013) (11372–29747) (5168–13143) (2854–8209) (439–1345) (301–1038)
Seropositive (≥ 50) 0% 99% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Seropositive (≥ 4160) 0% 0% 96% 81% 58% 0% 0%
IgG-N (S/C) 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.05 0.07 0.07 0.02
(0.02–0.18) (0.02–0.17) (0.03–0.19) (0.02–0.11) (0.02–0.14) (0.03–0.14) (0.02–0.04)
Seropositive (≥ 1.40) 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
IgM-S (S/C) 0.04 0.79* 2.78* 0.75* 0.11* 0.15*
(0.03–0.08) (0.45–1.44) (1.51–4.51) (0.48–1.52) (0.07–0.29) (0.08–0.25)
Seropositive (≥ 1.00) 0% 43% 91% 40% 3% 0%

IFN-γ CD4+

Ag1-Nil (IU/mL)

0.00 0.85* 5.76* 1.58* 0.42* 0.25*
(− 0.01 to 0.01) (0.37–1.80) (2.98–11.29) (0.57–3.22) (0.15–1.32) (0.08–0.88)
Positive (≥ 0.20) 0% 84% 100% 91% 67% 57%

IFN-γ CD4+ and CD8+

Ag2-Nil (IU/mL)

0.00 1.72* 9.68* 2.76* 0.91* 0.48*
(− 0.01 to 0.01) (0.58–3.17) (5.38–16.85) (0.85–6.57) (0.28–1.96) (0.24–1.78)
Positive (≥ 0.20) 0% 92% 100% 96% 88% 86%
NeutraLISA (inhibition %) 29* 99* 98*
(13–45) (98–100) (93–99)
Positive (≥ 35) 37% 100% 100%

Data are shown as median (interquartile range).

*P < 0.01 (Day 1 vs Day 15, 29, 61, 82–96, 224–232, or 263).

P < 0.01 (Day 15 vs Day 29).

P < 0.01 (Day 29 vs Day 61, 82–96, 224–232, or 263).

§The number of participants tested for humoral responses (IgG-S-RBD, IgG-N, and IgM-S).

||The number of participants tested for T cell responses (Ag1-Nil and Ag2-Nil).