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ArticleCell2019

Longitudinal Analysis of the Human B Cell Response to Ebola Virus Infection.

Carl W Davis, Katherine J L Jackson, Anita K McElroy, Peter Halfmann, Jessica Huang, Chakravarthy Chennareddy, Ashley E Piper, Yvonne Leung, César G Albariño, Ian Crozier and 14 more

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Article in Cell, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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122citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
19.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

122 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 186 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 10 institutions in 3 countries.

Carl W DavisEmory Vaccine Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Katherine J L JacksonDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Immunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.
Anita K McElroyViral Special Pathogens Branch, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA; Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Peter HalfmannDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA.
Jessica HuangEmory Vaccine Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Chakravarthy ChennareddyEmory Vaccine Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ashley E PiperVirology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, USA.
Yvonne LeungAtreca, Redwood City, CA, USA.
César G AlbariñoViral Special Pathogens Branch, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ian CrozierIntegrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, Clinical Monitoring Research Program Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research sponsored by the National Cancer Institutes, Frederick, MD, USA.
Ali H EllebedyEmory Vaccine Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Division of Immunobiology, Department of Pathology and Immunology Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
John SidneyDivision of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Alessandro SetteDivision of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Tianwei YuDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Sandra C A NielsenDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Arthur J GoffVirology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, USA.
Christina F SpiropoulouViral Special Pathogens Branch, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Erica Ollman SaphireDepartment of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA; La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Guy CavetAtreca, Redwood City, CA, USA.
Yoshihiro KawaokaDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA; Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Aneesh K MehtaDivision of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Pamela J GlassVirology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, USA.
Scott D BoydDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Rafi AhmedEmory Vaccine Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: rahmed@emory.edu.
Emory University · USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · USStanford University · USUnited States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases · USItasca Consultants (United States) · USLa Jolla Institute for Immunology · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · USNational Cancer Institute · USUniversity of California, San Diego · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

T Cell Responses Following DENV Natural Infections and Live-Attenuated Dengue Virus VaccinationP01AI106695 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Timothy Patrick Sheahan · 2015 to 2026
$34.1M
Mechanistic Virology CoreU19AI109762 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI LAI, JONATHAN R. · 2014 to 2018
$29.6M
Effects of aging on primary and secondary vaccine responses in a 15-year longitudinal cohortR01AI130398 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BOYD, SCOTT DEXTER · 2017 to 2021
$4.0M
Storage and recall of human B cell memory of influenza over tissues and timeR01AI127877 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BOYD, SCOTT DEXTER · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Immune correlates of protection from Rift Valley fever virusK08AI119448 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI MCELROY, ANITA K · 2016 to 2019
$713k
NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400045CNIAID NIH HHS K08 AI119448NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI106695NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127877NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI130398NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI109762
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ebola virus (EBOV) remains a public health threat. We performed a longitudinal study of B cell responses to EBOV in four survivors of the 2014 West African outbreak. Infection induced lasting EBOV-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies, but their subclass composition changed over time, with IgG1 persisting, IgG3 rapidly declining, and IgG4 appearing late. Striking changes occurred in the immunoglobulin repertoire, with massive recruitment of naive B cells that subsequently underwent hypermutation. We characterized a large panel of EBOV glycoprotein-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Only a small subset of mAbs that bound glycoprotein by ELISA recognized cell-surface glycoprotein. However, this subset contained all neutralizing mAbs. Several mAbs protected against EBOV disease in animals, including one mAb that targeted an epitope under evolutionary selection during the 2014 outbreak. Convergent antibody evolution was seen across multiple donors, particularly among VH3-13 neutralizing antibodies specific for the GP1 core. Our study provides a benchmark for assessing EBOV vaccine-induced immunity.

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AdultAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralB-LymphocytesChlorocebus aethiopsEbola VaccinesEbolavirusEpitopesFemaleGlycoproteinsHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumansImmunoglobulin GAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralEbola VaccinesEpitopesGlycoproteinsImmunoglobulin GViral Envelope Proteinsantibody evolutionB cell repertoireEbolaIgG subclasspublic clonotype

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PMID31104840
PMCPMC6908968
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