Vaccine-Induced Specific Cellular and Humoral Immunity after MRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccination in Athletes and Controls
COVID-19 mRNA vaccination was well tolerated and induced a strong humoral and cellular immune response in both athletes and controls. The significantly lower levels of vaccine-specific T cells with less CD8 T-cell responders among athletes may indicate mRNA vaccine-specific alterations in immune responses related to high-performance sports training.
Authors
- Franziska Greiß
- Martina Sester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5482-0002)
- Franziska Hielscher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8527-8412)
- Stefanie Marx (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9691-8331)
- Barbara C. Gärtner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5234-7634)
- Lea Halmans
- Andreas Venhorst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9793-6985)
- Tina Schmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7929-5283)
- Verena Klemis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5636-1273)
- Tim Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3425-4546)
- Rebecca Urschel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2677-5118)
- Candida Guckelmus
- Urban Sester
Institutions
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Klinikum Esslingen (DE)
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene (DE)
- Saarland University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000003757
- Primary Topic
- Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00