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ArticleImmunology2018

An R848 adjuvanted influenza vaccine promotes early activation of B cells in the draining lymph nodes of non-human primate neonates.

Beth C Holbrook, S Tyler Aycock, Emily Machiele, Elene Clemens, Danielle Gries, Matthew J Jorgensen, Mallinath B Hadimani, S Bruce King, Martha A Alexander-Miller

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Article in Immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Beth C HolbrookDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
S Tyler AycockAnimal Resources Program, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Emily MachieleDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Elene ClemensDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Danielle GriesDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Matthew J JorgensenDepartment of Pathology, Section of Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Mallinath B HadimaniDepartment of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
S Bruce KingDepartment of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Martha A Alexander-MillerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3455-0716
Wake Forest University · US

Funding

Vervet Research Colony as a Biomedical ResourceP40OD010965 · OD · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Matthew Jorgensen · 2012 to 2026
$14.6M
Vaccination strategies to overcome immune deficiencies in neonatesR01AI098339 · NIAID · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ALEXANDER-MILLER, MARTHA ANN · 2012 to 2015
$2.3M
Function and regulation of SirT1 in cancerR01CA121291 · NCI · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI CHEN, JIANDONG · 2007 to 2011
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA121291NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI098339NIH HHS P40 OD010965
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Impaired immune responsiveness is a significant barrier to vaccination of neonates. By way of example, the low seroconversion observed following influenza vaccination has led to restriction of its use to infants over 6 months of age, leaving younger infants vulnerable to infection. Our previous studies using a non-human primate neonate model demonstrated that the immune response elicited following vaccination with inactivated influenza virus could be robustly increased by inclusion of the Toll-like receptor agonist flagellin or R848, either delivered individually or in combination. When delivered individually, R848 was found to be the more effective of the two. To gain insights into the mechanism through which these adjuvants functioned in vivo, we assessed the initiation of the immune response, i.e. at 24 hr, in the draining lymph node of neonate non-human primates. Significant up-regulation of co-stimulatory molecules on dendritic cells could be detected, but only when both adjuvants were present. In contrast, R848 alone could increase the number of cells in the lymph node, presumably through enhanced recruitment, as well as B-cell activation at this early time-point. These changes were not observed with flagellin and the dual adjuvanted vaccine did not promote increases beyond those observed with R848 alone. In vitro studies showed that R848 could promote B-cell activation, supporting a model wherein a direct effect on neonate B-cell activation is an important component of the in vivo potency of R848 in neonates.

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntibodies, ViralB-LymphocytesChlorocebus aethiopsDendritic CellsFlagellinImidazolesInfluenza VaccinesLymph NodesLymphocyte ActivationOrthomyxoviridaeOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsPrimatesVaccinationAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntibodies, ViralFlagellinImidazolesInfluenza VaccinesresiquimodB celldendritic cellinfluenzaneonatenonhuman primatevaccination

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PMID28940186
PMCPMC5795180
OpenAlexW2757707629

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