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ArticleGenes and immunity2025

Polygenic prediction of cellular immune responses to mumps vaccine.

Brandon J Coombes, Inna G Ovsyannikova, Daniel J Schaid, Nathaniel D Warner, Gregory A Poland, Richard B Kennedy

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Article in Genes and immunity, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Brandon J CoombesDivision of Computational Biology, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Inna G OvsyannikovaMayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1506-9214
Daniel J SchaidDivision of Computational Biology, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Nathaniel D WarnerDivision of Computational Biology, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Gregory A PolandMayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Richard B KennedyMayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. kennedy.rick@mayo.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6164-4967

Funding

Genetic Markers of Long-Term Mumps Vaccine ImmunityR01AI127365 · NIAID · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI KENNEDY, RICHARD B · 2016 to 2020
$3.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127365
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Abstract

In this report, we provide a follow-up analysis of a previously published genome-wide association study (GWAS) evaluating the effect of genetic polymorphisms on inter-individual variations in cell-mediated immune responses to mumps vaccine. Here we report the results of a polygenic score (PGS) analysis showing how common variants can predict mumps vaccine response. We found higher PGS for IFNγ, IL-2, and TNFα were predictive of higher post-vaccine IFNγ (p value = 2e-6), IL-2 (p = 2e-7), and TNFα (p = 0.004) levels, respectively. Control of immune responses after vaccination is complex and polygenic in nature. Our results suggest that the PGS-based approach enables better capture of the combined genetic effects that contribute to mumps vaccine-induced immunity, potentially offering a more comprehensive understanding than traditional single-variant GWAS. This approach will likely have broad utility in studying genetic control of immune responses to other vaccines and to infectious diseases.

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Immunity, CellularMultifactorial InheritanceMumpsMumps VaccineFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-2MalePolymorphism, Single NucleotideTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaInterferon-gammaInterleukin-2Mumps VaccineTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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