PMID- 35537987 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220628 LR - 20231213 IS - 1471-499X (Electronic) IS - 1471-4914 (Print) IS - 1471-4914 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 7 DP - 2022 Jul TI - Adverse effects of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines: the spike hypothesis. PG - 542-554 LID - S1471-4914(22)00103-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.molmed.2022.04.007 [doi] AB - Vaccination is a major tool for mitigating the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and mRNA vaccines are central to the ongoing vaccination campaign that is undoubtedly saving thousands of lives. However, adverse effects (AEs) following vaccination have been noted which may relate to a proinflammatory action of the lipid nanoparticles used or the delivered mRNA (i.e., the vaccine formulation), as well as to the unique nature, expression pattern, binding profile, and proinflammatory effects of the produced antigens - spike (S) protein and/or its subunits/peptide fragments - in human tissues or organs. Current knowledge on this topic originates mostly from cell-based assays or from model organisms; further research on the cellular/molecular basis of the mRNA vaccine-induced AEs will therefore promise safety, maintain trust, and direct health policies. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Trougakos, Ioannis P AU - Trougakos IP AD - Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 157 84, Greece. Electronic address: itrougakos@biol.uoa.gr. FAU - Terpos, Evangelos AU - Terpos E AD - Department of Clinical Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Alexandra General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 115 28, Greece. FAU - Alexopoulos, Harry AU - Alexopoulos H AD - Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 157 84, Greece. FAU - Politou, Marianna AU - Politou M AD - Hematology Laboratory-Blood Bank, Aretaieio Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 28, Athens, Greece. FAU - Paraskevis, Dimitrios AU - Paraskevis D AD - Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27, Athens, Greece. FAU - Scorilas, Andreas AU - Scorilas A AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 157 01, Greece. FAU - Kastritis, Efstathios AU - Kastritis E AD - Department of Clinical Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Alexandra General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 115 28, Greece. FAU - Andreakos, Evangelos AU - Andreakos E AD - Laboratory of Immunobiology, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, 115 27, Greece. FAU - Dimopoulos, Meletios A AU - Dimopoulos MA AD - Department of Clinical Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Alexandra General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 115 28, Greece. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20220421 PL - England TA - Trends Mol Med JT - Trends in molecular medicine JID - 100966035 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Neutralizing) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Viral) RN - 0 (COVID-19 Vaccines) RN - 0 (Lipid Nanoparticles) RN - 0 (Liposomes) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus) RN - 0 (Vaccines, Synthetic) RN - 0 (Viral Vaccines) RN - 0 (mRNA Vaccines) RN - 0 (spike protein, SARS-CoV-2) SB - IM CIN - Trends Mol Med. 2022 Oct;28(10):797-799. PMID: 36114089 CIN - Trends Mol Med. 2022 Oct;28(10):800-802. PMID: 36114090 MH - Antibodies, Neutralizing MH - Antibodies, Viral MH - *COVID-19/prevention & control MH - COVID-19 Vaccines/adverse effects MH - Humans MH - Liposomes MH - Nanoparticles MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - SARS-CoV-2 MH - Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/chemistry/genetics MH - Vaccines, Synthetic MH - *Viral Vaccines/genetics MH - mRNA Vaccines PMC - PMC9021367 OTO - NOTNLM OT - COVID-19 OT - SARS-CoV-2 OT - adverse effects OT - lipid nanoparticle OT - mRNA vaccine OT - spike protein EDAT- 2022/05/11 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/29 06:00 PMCR- 2022/04/21 CRDT- 2022/05/10 22:07 PHST- 2022/02/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/03/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/04/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/05/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/05/10 22:07 [entrez] PHST- 2022/04/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1471-4914(22)00103-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.molmed.2022.04.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Trends Mol Med. 2022 Jul;28(7):542-554. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2022.04.007. Epub 2022 Apr 21.