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ArticleComputational and mathematical methods in medicine2012

How the interval between prime and boost injection affects the immune response in a computational model of the immune system.

F Castiglione, F Mantile, P De Berardinis, A Prisco

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Article in Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers.

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111citing papers in PubMed
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111 citing papers in PubMed, 207 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

F CastiglioneInstitute for Computing Applications "M. Picone", National Research Council of Italy, Via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Roma, Italy. f.castiglione@iac.cnr.it
F Mantile
P De Berardinis
A Prisco
National Research Council · ITInstitute of Protein Biochemistry · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune system is able to respond more vigorously to the second contact with a given antigen than to the first contact. Vaccination protocols generally include at least two doses, in order to obtain high antibody titers. We want to analyze the relation between the time elapsed from the first dose (priming) and the second dose (boost) on the antibody titers. In this paper, we couple in vivo experiments with computer simulations to assess the effect of delaying the second injection. We observe that an interval of several weeks between the prime and the boost is necessary to obtain optimal antibody responses.

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AlgorithmsAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsAntibodiesAntibody FormationAntigensComputer SimulationEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansImmune SystemImmunologic MemoryMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, TransgenicSoftwareAntibodiesAntigensVaccines, Virus-Like Particle

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PMID22997539
PMCPMC3446774
OpenAlexW2123822483

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