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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2016

Human papillomavirus vaccination induces neutralising antibodies in oral mucosal fluids.

A Handisurya, C Schellenbacher, A Haitel, T Senger, R Kirnbauer

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

A HandisuryaDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
C SchellenbacherDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
A HaitelDepartment of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
T SengerDepartment of Genome Modifications and Carcinogenesis, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
R KirnbauerDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
Medical University of Vienna · ATHeidelberg University · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMucosal human papillomaviruses (HPV) are a major cause of cancers and papillomas of the anogenital and oropharyngeal tract. HPV-vaccination elicits neutralising antibodies in sera and cervicovaginal secretions and protects uninfected individuals from persistent anogenital infection and associated diseases caused by the vaccine-targeted HPV types. Whether immunisation can prevent oropharyngeal infection and diseases and whether neutralising antibodies represent the correlate of protection, is still unclear.

methodsWe determined IgG and neutralising antibodies against low-risk HPV6 and high-risk HPV16/18 in sera and oral fluids from healthy females (n=20) before and after quadrivalent HPV-vaccination and compared the results with non-vaccinated controls.

resultsHPV-vaccination induced type-specific antibodies in sera and oral fluids of the vaccinees. Importantly, the antibodies in oral fluids were capable of neutralising HPV pseudovirions in vitro, indicating protection from infection. The increased neutralising antibody levels against HPV16/18 in sera and oral fluids post-vaccination correlated significantly within an individual.

conclusionsWe provide experimental proof that HPV-vaccination elicits neutralising antibodies to the vaccine-targeted types in oral fluids. Hence, immunisation may confer direct protection against type-specific HPV infection and associated diseases of the oropharyngeal tract. Measurement of antibodies in oral fluids represents a suitable tool to assess vaccine-induced protection within the mucosal milieu of the orophayrynx.

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AdolescentAdultAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GMouth MucosaPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsPapillomavirus VaccinesSalivaYoung AdultAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin GPapillomavirus Vaccines

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PMID26867163
PMCPMC4815771
OpenAlexW2342663597

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