Omics · study · 2026
Single-cell Transcriptomics Reveal Signatures of Altered B cell Response and T cell Senescence in Geriatric Non-responders to COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination
Listed in NCBI GEO
The immune response to COVID-19 vaccines is diminished in older individuals.
Description
To understand the underlying immunobiology, we analyzed single-cell RNA-seq data from PBMCs of SARS-CoV-2 naïve nursing home residents with varying humoral responses following BNT162b2 vaccination and validated via flow cytometry. Responders (>4500 AU/mL anti-spike titers) showed enrichment for naïve B cell (IGHD, BACH2, CD22) and naïve CD4 T cell and early Tfh-related genes (CCR7, TCF7, LEF1, IL6ST, TGFBR2).
Non-responders (<20 AU/mL) displayed elevated markers of T cell senescence (KLRG1, CCL4, CCL5, IL32), immune exhaustion (PD-1), and inflammation (TNF-α, IFN-γ). Flow cytometry revealed reduced CD4 T and B cell frequencies but higher CD8 T and NK cells in non-responders. Despite reduced B cell frequency, non-responders upregulated plasma B cell genes (PRDM1, XPB1, IRF4), suggesting dysregulated B cell differentiation.
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Our findings point to impaired lymphocyte responses and increased immunosenescence in non-responders, emphasizing the need for enhanced vaccine strategies in aging populations.
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Get the data
- GEO FTP directory ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/series/GSE300nnn/GSE300265 ↗
download · from NCBI GEO
Where it is published
- GEO accession page ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE300265 ↗
landing page · from NCBI GEO
Documentation and papers
- PRJNA1279990 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA1279990 ↗
project · from NCBI GEO
- PubMed 42095075 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42095075 ↗
publication · from NCBI GEO
Topics
- Stated by source
- Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing · Homo sapiens
- From keywords
- Life Sciences
- Inferred from text
- RNA sequencing 65% · Single-cell RNA sequencing 65%
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCBI GEO | GSE300265 | 15 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[method].geo_series_type:expression-profiling-by-high-throughput-sequencing | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /gdstype |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:rna-seq | enrichment · NCBI GEO | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:single-cell-rna-seq | enrichment · NCBI GEO | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[organism].NCBITaxon:9606 | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /taxon |
| description | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /summary |
| publication_date | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /title |