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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2015

AS03-Adjuvanted, Very-Low-Dose Influenza Vaccines Induce Distinctive Immune Responses Compared to Unadjuvanted High-Dose Vaccines in BALB/c Mice.

Karen K Yam, Jyotsana Gupta, Kaitlin Winter, Elizabeth Allen, Angela Brewer, Édith Beaulieu, Corey P Mallett, David S Burt, Brian J Ward

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karen K YamDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre , Montreal, QC , Canada.
Jyotsana GuptaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre , Montreal, QC , Canada.
Kaitlin WinterDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre , Montreal, QC , Canada.
Elizabeth AllenDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre , Montreal, QC , Canada.
Angela BrewerDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre , Montreal, QC , Canada.
Édith BeaulieuGSK Vaccines , Laval, QC , Canada.
Corey P MallettGSK Vaccines , Laval, QC , Canada.
David S BurtGSK Vaccines , Laval, QC , Canada.
Brian J WardDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre , Montreal, QC , Canada ; Vaccine Study Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre , Montreal, QC , Canada.
McGill University Health Centre · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the 2009-2010 influenza pandemic, an adjuvanted, dose-sparing vaccine was recommended for most Canadians. We hypothesize that differences exist in the responses to AS03-adjuvanted, low antigen (Ag) dose versus unadjuvanted, full-dose vaccines. We investigated the relationship between Ag dose and the oil-in-water emulsion Adjuvant System AS03. BALB/c mice received two IM doses of AS03A or AS03B with exaggerated dilutions of A/Uruguay/716/2007 H3N2 split virion vaccine Ag. Immune responses were assessed 3 weeks after the booster. Unadjuvanted "high" (3 μg) and low-dose (0.03-0.003 μg) vaccines generated similar serum antibody titers and cytokine secretion patterns in restimulated splenocytes. Compared to unadjuvanted "high-dose" vaccination, both AS03A and AS03B-adjuvanted low-dose vaccines tended to elicit higher serum antibody titers, broader induction of cytokine secretion and generated more influenza-specific antibody secreting cells and cytokine-secreting CD4 and CD8 T cells in splenocytes. We show that varying Ag and/or AS03 dose in this influenza vaccination mouse model can strongly influence both the magnitude and pattern of the immune response elicited. These findings are highly relevant given the likelihood of expanded use of adjuvanted, dose-sparing vaccines and raise questions about the use of "standard" doses of vaccines in pre-clinical vaccine studies.

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PMCPMC4413846
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