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Coronavirus disease 2019, vaccination against coronavirus and immunoglobulin A-mediated diseases : systematic literature review

  • Bronz, Gabriel Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
  • Faré, Pietro B. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland
  • Lava, Sebastiano A. G. ORCID Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland - Heart Failure and Transplantation, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • Bianchetti, Mario G. Family Medicine, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
  • Simonetti, Giacomo D. ORCID Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
  • Scoglio, Martin ORCID Family Medicine, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
  • Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli, Benedetta ORCID Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland - Epatocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland
  • Agostoni, Carlo ORCID Pediatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy - Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
  • Milani, Gregorio P. ORCID Pediatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy - Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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  • 2022
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  • Journal of autoimmunity. - 2022, vol. 132, p. 102899
English Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been associated with autoimmune phenomena. However, the interplay between COVID-19 or vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 and Berger glomerulonephritis or Henoch-Schönlein vasculitis, two diseases mediated by immunoglobulin A, has never been comprehensively investigated. Therefore, we carried out a systematic review of the literature on this topic. Following databases were used: Google Scholar, Excerpta Medica and the United States National Library of Medicine. Eighty-seven patients with immunoglobulin A-mediated diseases associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination against coronavirus were sorted out (53% males, 47% females; 34 17-51 years of age, median and interquartile range): 47 cases of Berger glomerulonephritis and 40 of Henoch-Schönlein vasculitis. Approximately 50% (N = 24) of Berger glomerulonephritis and 10% (N = 4) of Henoch-Schönlein vasculitis patients presented with a pre-existing history of immunoglobulin A-mediated disease. Almost all cases of Berger glomerulonephritis were vaccine-associated (N = 44; 94%), while most cases of Henoch-Schönlein vasculitis were infection-associated (N = 23; 57%). Among vaccine-associated immunoglobulin A diseases, about 90% were associated to mRNA-based vaccines. Our analysis supports the hypothesis that COVID-19 and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 may trigger or exacerbate an immunoglobulin A-mediated diseases.
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