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ArticleVaccine2013

Tim-3 alters the balance of IL-12/IL-23 and drives TH17 cells: role in hepatitis B vaccine failure during hepatitis C infection.

Jia M Wang, Cheng J Ma, Guang Y Li, Xiao Y Wu, Penny Thayer, Pamela Greer, Ashley M Smith, Kevin P High, Jonathan P Moorman, Zhi Q Yao

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Article in Vaccine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jia M WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, United States.
Cheng J Ma
Guang Y Li
Xiao Y Wu
Penny Thayer
Pamela Greer
Ashley M Smith
Kevin P High
Jonathan P Moorman
Zhi Q Yao
East Tennessee State University · USJames H. Quillen VA Medical Center · USAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist · USSoochow University · CN

Funding

Tim-3-mediated IL-12 dysregulation in antiviral responses to HCV infectionR01DK093526 · NIDDK · EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI YAO, ZHI Q. · 2012 to 2015
$1.2M
The role of PD-1 and SOCS-1 in HCV core/gC1qR-mediated IL-12 suppressionR15AI084057 · NIAID · EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI YAO, ZHI Q. · 2009 to 2009
$215k
NIAID NIH HHS R15 AI084057NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK093526NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK093526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination is recommended for individuals with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection given their shared risk factors and increased liver-related morbidity and mortality upon super-infection. Vaccine responses in this setting are often blunted, with poor response rates to HBV vaccinations in chronically HCV-infected individuals compared to healthy subjects. In this study, we investigated the role of T cell immunoglobulin mucin domain-3 (Tim-3)-mediated immune regulation in HBV vaccine responses during HCV infection. We found that Tim-3, a marker for T cell exhaustion, was over-expressed on monocytes, leading to a differential regulation of IL-12/IL-23 production which in turn TH17 cell accumulation, in HCV-infected HBV vaccine non-responders compared to HCV-infected HBV vaccine responders or healthy subjects (HS). Importantly, ex vivo blockade of Tim-3 signaling corrected the imbalance of IL-12/IL-23 as well as the IL-17 bias observed in HBV vaccine non-responders during HCV infection. These results suggest that Tim-3-mediated dysregulation of innate to adaptive immune responses is involved in HBV vaccine failure in individuals with chronic HCV infection, raising the possibility that blocking this negative signaling pathway might improve the success rate of HBV immunization in the setting of chronic viral infection.

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Adaptive ImmunityHealthy VolunteersHepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2Hepatitis BHepatitis B AntibodiesHepatitis B VaccinesHepatitis C, ChronicHumansImmunity, InnateInterleukin-12Interleukin-17Interleukin-23LiverMaleMembrane ProteinsMonocytesHAVCR2 protein, humanHepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2Hepatitis B AntibodiesHepatitis B VaccinesInterleukin-12Interleukin-17Interleukin-23Membrane Proteins

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PMID23499521
PMCPMC3667544
OpenAlexW2005388027

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