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ArticleCell host & microbe2021

Human influenza virus challenge identifies cellular correlates of protection for oral vaccination.

David R McIlwain, Han Chen, Zainab Rahil, Neda Hajiakhoond Bidoki, Sizun Jiang, Zach Bjornson, Nikita S Kolhatkar, C Josefina Martinez, Brice Gaudillière, Julien Hedou and 10 more

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Article in Cell host & microbe, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

David R McIlwainDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; WCCT Global, Cypress, CA, USA. Electronic address: mcilwain@stanford.edu.
Han ChenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Zainab RahilDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Neda Hajiakhoond BidokiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Sizun JiangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Zach BjornsonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Nikita S KolhatkarVaxart, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.
C Josefina MartinezVaxart, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Brice GaudillièreDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Julien HedouDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Nilanjan MukherjeeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Christian M SchürchDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital and Comprehensive Cancer Center Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Angelica TrejoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Melton AffrimeWCCT Global, Cypress, CA, USA.
Bonnie BockWCCT Global, Cypress, CA, USA.
Kenneth KimArk Clinical Research, LLC, Long Beach, CA, USA.
David LiebowitzVaxart, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Nima AghaeepourDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Sean N TuckerVaxart, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Garry P NolanDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Stanford University · USVaxart (United States) · US

Funding

Using a tonsil organoid system to probe conditions for the induction of protective antibody and T cell responses to influenza.U19AI057229 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Mark Morris Davis · 2003 to 2026
$88.5M
Systems Biology CoreU19AI100627 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI NOLAN, GARRY P · 2012 to 2021
$49.1M
Machine Learning for Integrative Modeling of the Immune System in Clinical SettingsR35GM138353 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI AGHAEEPOUR, NIMA · 2020 to 2024
$2.2M
Harnessing the human monocyte system to improve surgical recoveryR35GM137936 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GAUDILLIERE, BRICE · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI057229NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI100627NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM137936NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138353
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developing new influenza vaccines with improved performance and easier administration routes hinges on defining correlates of protection. Vaccine-elicited cellular correlates of protection for influenza in humans have not yet been demonstrated. A phase-2 double-blind randomized placebo and active (inactivated influenza vaccine) controlled study provides evidence that a human-adenovirus-5-based oral influenza vaccine tablet (VXA-A1.1) can protect from H1N1 virus challenge in humans. Mass cytometry characterization of vaccine-elicited cellular immune responses identified shared and vaccine-type-specific responses across B and T cells. For VXA-A1.1, the abundance of hemagglutinin-specific plasmablasts and plasmablasts positive for integrin α4β7, phosphorylated STAT5, or lacking expression of CD62L at day 8 were significantly correlated with protection from developing viral shedding following virus challenge at day 90 and contributed to an effective machine learning model of protection. These findings reveal the characteristics of vaccine-elicited cellular correlates of protection for an oral influenza vaccine.

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ImmunityVaccinationDouble-Blind MethodHumansImmunity, CellularImmunizationInfluenza A virusInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesL-SelectinSTAT5 Transcription FactorT-LymphocytesVaccines, InactivatedVirus SheddingInfluenza VaccinesL-SelectinSELL protein, humanSTAT5 Transcription FactorVaccines, Inactivatedcellular immunitycorrelates of protectionCyTOFinfluenza challenge studyinfluenza vaccinemass cytometry

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PMCPMC8665113
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