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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2016

New Insights into the Generation of CD4 Memory May Shape Future Vaccine Strategies for Influenza.

Priyadharshini Devarajan, Bianca Bautista, Allen M Vong, Karl Kai McKinstry, Tara M Strutt, Susan L Swain

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Priyadharshini DevarajanDepartment of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester, MA , USA.
Bianca BautistaDepartment of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester, MA , USA.
Allen M VongDepartment of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester, MA , USA.
Karl Kai McKinstryDepartment of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester, MA , USA.
Tara M StruttDepartment of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester, MA , USA.
Susan L SwainDepartment of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester, MA , USA.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY COREP01AG021600 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI HAYNES, LAURA · 2003 to 2016
$24.4M
T cell and transgenic core U19AI109858 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI HUSEBY, ERIC S · 2014 to 2018
$11.9M
TRAINING IN IMMUNOLOGY (COMPETITIVE RENEWAL OF AI07439)T32AI007349 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI STERN, LAWRENCE J. · 1989 to 2024
$4.5M
Defining a memory checkpoint for CD4 T cellsR01AI118820 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SWAIN, SUSAN L · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
VACCINE STRATEGIES TO CIRCUMVENT AGE-ASSOCIATED IMMUNE DEFECTSR21AG058758 · NIA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SWAIN, SUSAN L · 2018 to 2019
$461k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI118820NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007349NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI109858NIA NIH HHS P01 AG021600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza viral evolution presents a formidable challenge to vaccination due to the virus' ability to rapidly mutate to evade immune responses. Live influenza infections generate large and diverse CD4 effector T cell responses that yield highly protective, long-lasting CD4 T cell memory that can target conserved viral epitopes. We review advances in our understanding of mechanisms involved in generating CD4 T cell responses against the influenza A virus (IAV), focusing on specialized follicular helper (TFH) and CD4 cytotoxic (ThCTL) effector subsets and on CD4 T cell memory. We also discuss two recent findings in context of enhancing vaccine responses. First, helper T cells require priming with APC secreting high levels of IL-6. Second, the transition of IAV-generated effectors to memory depends on IL-2, costimulation and antigen signals, just before effectors reach peak numbers, defined as the "memory checkpoint." The need for these signals during the checkpoint could explain why many current influenza vaccines are poorly effective and elicit poor cellular immunity. We suggest that CD4 memory generation can be enhanced by re-vaccinating at this time. Our best hope lies in a universal vaccine that will not need to be formulated yearly against seasonal antigenically novel influenza strains and will also be protective against a pandemic strain. We suggest a vaccine approach that elicits a powerful T cell response, by initially inducing high levels of APC activation and later providing antigen at the memory checkpoint, may take us a step closer to such a universal influenza vaccine.

Indexed as

CD4 T cellscell-mediated immunityinfluenzalate-antigenmemory checkpointvaccination

Identifiers

PMID27148257
PMCPMC4827017
OpenAlexW2332473240

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