# Cutting Edge: Circulating Exosomes with COVID Spike Protein Are Induced by BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech) Vaccination prior to Development of Antibodies: A Novel Mechanism for Immune Activation by mRNA Vaccines

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/cutting-edge-circulating-exosomes-with-covid-spike-protein-are-induced-by/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Sandhya Bansal,Sudhir Perincheri,Timothy P. Fleming,Christin Poulson,Brian Tiffany,Ross M. Bremner,Thalachallour Mohanakumar |
| Citations | 152 |
| DOI | 10.4049/jimmunol.2100637 |
| Fields | Agricultural and Biological Sciences,Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | green |
| OA URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/11073804 |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W3207230067 |
| PMID | 34654691 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2021 |

## Paper authors

- [Ross M. Bremner](https://scholariq.org/researchers/ross-m-bremner/)

## Paper primary topic

- [SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/sars-cov-2-and-covid-19-research/)

## Paper topics

- [SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/sars-cov-2-and-covid-19-research/)
- [Extracellular vesicles in disease](https://scholariq.org/topics/extracellular-vesicles-in-disease/)
- [Animal Virus Infections Studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/animal-virus-infections-studies/)

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