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ArticleNPJ vaccines2024

Systematic review of the impact of intestinal microbiota on vaccine responses.

Cristina Ardura-Garcia, Nigel Curtis, Petra Zimmermann

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Article in NPJ vaccines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Targeting intestinal microbiota withClinical and experimental vaccine research · 2026
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  14. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Cristina Ardura-GarciaDepartment of Paediatrics, Fribourg Hospital, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7924-518X
Nigel CurtisDepartment of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3446-4594
Petra ZimmermannDepartment of Paediatrics, Fribourg Hospital, Fribourg, Switzerland. petra.zimmermann@unifr.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2388-4318

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) P500PM_217605
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intestinal microbiota plays a critical role in host immunity and might contribute to the significant variation between individuals' vaccine responses. A systematic search was done using MEDLINE and Embase to identify original human studies investigating the association between intestinal microbiota composition and humoral and cellular vaccine responses. In total, 30 publications (26 studies, 14 in infants, 12 in adults), were included. Of these, 26 publications found an association between intestinal microbiota composition and vaccine responses. A beneficial effect of Actynomycetota (particularly Bifidobacterium) and a detrimental effect of Pseudomonadota (particularly Gammaproteobacteria) were observed across studies. Study designs were highly heterogenous, with variation in vaccine type, outcome measure, timing of stool analysis and analysis methods. Overall, studies support the concept that the composition of the intestinal microbiota influences vaccine responses. Further adequately powered studies are needed to confirm this association and inform potential microbiota-targeted interventions to optimise vaccine responses.

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PMID39706841
PMCPMC11662010

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