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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2017

Induction of Robust B Cell Responses after Influenza mRNA Vaccination Is Accompanied by Circulating Hemagglutinin-Specific ICOS+ PD-1+ CXCR3+ T Follicular Helper Cells.

Gustaf Lindgren, Sebastian Ols, Frank Liang, Elizabeth A Thompson, Ang Lin, Fredrika Hellgren, Kapil Bahl, Shinu John, Olga Yuzhakov, Kimberly J Hassett and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 91 papers.

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91citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

91 citing papers in PubMed, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gustaf LindgrenDepartment of Medicine Solna, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sebastian OlsDepartment of Medicine Solna, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Frank LiangDepartment of Medicine Solna, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Elizabeth A ThompsonDepartment of Medicine Solna, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ang LinDepartment of Medicine Solna, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Fredrika HellgrenDepartment of Medicine Solna, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Kapil BahlValera LLC, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Shinu JohnValera LLC, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Olga YuzhakovValera LLC, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Kimberly J HassettValera LLC, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Luis A BritoModerna Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Hugh SalterModerna Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Giuseppe CiaramellaValera LLC, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Karin LoréDepartment of Medicine Solna, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet · SEModerna Therapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modified mRNA vaccines have developed into an effective and well-tolerated vaccine platform that offers scalable and precise antigen production. Nevertheless, the immunological events leading to strong antibody responses elicited by mRNA vaccines are largely unknown. In this study, we demonstrate that protective levels of antibodies to hemagglutinin were induced after two immunizations of modified non-replicating mRNA encoding influenza H10 encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNP) in non-human primates. While both intradermal (ID) and intramuscular (IM) administration induced protective titers, ID delivery generated this response more rapidly. Circulating H10-specific memory B cells expanded after each immunization, along with a transient appearance of plasmablasts. The memory B cell pool waned over time but remained detectable throughout the 25-week study. Following prime immunization, H10-specific plasma cells were found in the bone marrow and persisted over time. Germinal centers were formed in vaccine-draining lymph nodes along with an increase in circulating H10-specific ICOS+ PD-1+ CXCR3+ T follicular helper cells, a population shown to correlate with high avidity antibody responses after seasonal influenza vaccination in humans. Collectively, this study demonstrates that mRNA/LNP vaccines potently induce an immunological repertoire associated with the generation of high magnitude and quality antibodies.

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adaptive immune responsesgerminal centersinfluenzamRNA vaccinenon-human primatesT follicular helper cells

Identifiers

PMID29181005
PMCPMC5693886
OpenAlexW2767992446

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