Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30797636›Full record

ArticleVaccine2019

Race-related differences in functional antibody response to pneumococcal vaccination in HIV-infected individuals.

Myroslawa Happe, Devadoss J Samuvel, Jennifer A Ohtola, Jeff E Korte, M A Julie Westerink

Registry-linked trialAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Vaccine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03039491 (Immune Response to Pneumococcal Vaccination in Aging HIV Positive Individuals), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

NCT03039491 early_phase1completednot on this map

Immune Response to Pneumococcal Vaccination in Aging HIV Positive Individuals

TypeinterventionalSponsorMedical University of South CarolinaRan2015 to 2020Enrolled160ConditionsHIV Lipodystrophy, AgingArmsPneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine 23 valent, 13 valent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Autonomic neuropathy is associated with an increase in type-1 cytokines in people living with HIV.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2025
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Myroslawa HappeDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas St, CSB 927, Charleston, SC 29425, United States. Electronic address: soloshch@musc.edu.
Devadoss J SamuvelDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas St, CSB 927, Charleston, SC 29425, United States. Electronic address: samuvel@musc.edu.
Jennifer A OhtolaDepartment of Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences, 3000 Arlington Ave, Toledo, OH 43614, United States. Electronic address: ohtolaj@ccf.org.
Jeff E KorteDepartment of Public Health Sciences, 135 Cannon St, Charleston, SC 29425, United States. Electronic address: korte@musc.edu.
M A Julie WesterinkDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas St, CSB 927, Charleston, SC 29425, United States; Department of Medicine, Ralhp H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401, United States. Electronic address: westerin@musc.edu.
Medical University of South Carolina · USUniversity of Toledo · US

Funding

South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute (SCTR)UL1TR001450 · NCATS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI BRADY, KATHLEEN T., FLUME, PATRICK A · 2015 to 2024
$41.1M
South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute (SCTR)TL1TR001451 · NCATS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI FEGHALI-BOSTWICK, CAROL A. · 2015 to 2024
$4.6M
Immune response to pneumococcal vaccination in aging HIV positive adults.R01AG045973 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO HEALTH SCI CAMPUS · PI WESTERINK, M.A. JULIA · 2013 to 2017
$1.5M
Immune Response to Pneumococcal Vaccination in HIV Infected AdultsR01AI081558 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO HEALTH SCI CAMPUS · PI WESTERINK, M.A. JULIA · 2010 to 2013
$1.5M
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001451NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001450NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI081558NIA NIH HHS R01 AG045973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBoth HIV positivity and African American (AA) ethnicity are associated with increased incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). Poor immune response to pneumococcal polysaccharide-based vaccines may contribute to the race related increased frequency of IPD in African American HIV positive individuals.

methodsCaucasian and AA HIV-infected (HIV+) individuals 40-65 years old with CD4

resultsThere were no significant differences in pre-immunization inflammatory markers or post-vaccination IgG and IgM concentrations between Caucasian and African American participants. However, we found significantly lower opsonophagocytic activity in response to serotypes 14 and 19A in the AA group compared to the Caucasian group. There was no association between inflammatory markers and immune response to vaccination, however we found extensive biomodal variation in gene expression levels in single IgM+ memory B cells. Differentially expressed genes may be related to differences in the immune response between ethnic groups.

conclusionsDistinct racial differences were found in the functional immune response following either PPV and/or PCV/PPV immunization in HIV-positive adults, although these differences were serotype dependent. Decreased ability to respond to vaccination may in part explain racial disparities in pneumococcal disease epidemiology. ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03039491.

Indexed as

EthnicityAdultAgedAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsAntibodies, BacterialAntibody FormationBiological Variation, PopulationBiomarkersCD4 Lymphocyte CountCytokinesFemaleHumansInflammation MediatorsMaleMiddle AgedPneumococcal InfectionsAntibodies, BacterialBiomarkersCytokinesInflammation MediatorsB cellsHIV infectionPneumococcal conjugate vaccinePneumococcal polysaccharide vaccineRacial disparitiesStreptococcus pneumoniae

Identifiers

PMID30797636
PMCPMC6428581
OpenAlexW2915573403

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.