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Repeated vaccination with homologous influenza hemagglutinin broadens human antibody responses to unmatched flu viruses.

Yixiang Deng, Melbourne Tang, Ted M Ross, Aaron G Schmidt, Arup K Chakraborty, Daniel Lingwood

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yixiang Deng *Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, United States.
Melbourne Tang *Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4341-7371
Ted M RossCenter for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, United States.
Aaron G SchmidtRagon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, United States.
Arup K ChakrabortyRagon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1268-9602
Daniel LingwoodRagon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5631-9238

Funding

The impact of HIV viral diversity and cellular immunity on HIV pathogenesisP30AI060354 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI ARTHUR Y KIM · 2004 to 2026
$94.4M
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
COVID Supplement - COMPONENT A OF THE COLLABORATIVE INFLUENZA VACCINE INNOVATION CENTERS (CIVICS) PROGRAM TO DESIGN AND EVALUATE INNOVATIVE INFLUENZA VACCINE APPROACHES,75N93019C00052 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI ROSS, TED · 2019 to 2025
$74.6M
Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs): Component A: Vaccine Center75N93019C00050 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MOODY, TONY · 2019 to 2025
$69.1M
Virology CoreP01AI089618 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI STEPHEN COPLAN HARRISON · 2011 to 2026
$40.0M
Epitope focusing to the receptor binding motif for a universal coronavirus vaccineR01AI146779 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SCHMIDT, AARON GREGORY · 2019 to 2023
$4.2M
SARS-CoV-2 Variant TestingR01AI146785 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LINGWOOD, DANIEL · 2020 to 2024
$3.3M
Innate-like BCR activity as a template for universal vaccination against influenza virusR01AI137057 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CHACKERIAN, BRYCE C, LINGWOOD, DANIEL · 2018 to 2022
$2.6M
Triggering germline-encoded broadly neutralizing antibody responses against influenza virusR01AI153098 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BATISTA, FACUNDO DAMIAN, LINGWOOD, DANIEL · 2020 to 2023
$2.1M
Systemic coordination of pro-inflammatory immune reactions through dendritic cell-restricted sIL6R biogenesisR01AI155447 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LINGWOOD, DANIEL · 2021 to 2025
$2.0M
Sex differences in a cytokine controlling antibody class switch recombinationR21AI193280 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LINGWOOD, DANIEL · 2025 to 2025
$439k
Georgia Research Alliance GRA Eminent ScholarMassachusetts General Hospital MGH Scholar AwardNIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00050NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00052NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI089618NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI060354NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI137057NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI146779NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI146785NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI153098NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI155447NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI193280NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI057229NIH HHS AI060354NIH HHS AI089618NIH HHS AI137057NIH HHS AI146779NIH HHS AI153098NIH HHS AI155447NIH HHS contract 75N93019C00050NIH HHS contract 75N93019C00052NIH HHS U19AI057229The Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT and Harvard Schwartz AI Initiative
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ongoing diversification of influenza virus necessitates annual vaccine updating. The vaccine antigen, the viral spike protein hemagglutinin (HA), tends to elicit strain-specific neutralizing activity, predicting that sequential immunization with the same HA strain will boost antibodies with narrow coverage. However, repeated vaccination with homologous SARS-CoV-2 vaccine eventually elicits neutralizing activity against highly unmatched variants, questioning this immunological premise. We evaluated a longitudinal influenza vaccine cohort, where each year the subjects received the same, novel H1N1 2009 pandemic vaccine strain. Repeated vaccination gradually enhanced receptor-blocking antibodies (HAI) to highly unmatched H1N1 strains within individuals with no initial memory recall against these historical viruses. An in silico model of affinity maturation in germinal centers (GCs) integrated with a model of differentiation and expansion of memory cells outside GCs during a recall response provides insight into the potential mechanisms underlying these results and shows how repeated exposure to the same immunogen can broaden the antibody response against diversified targets.

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Antibodies, ViralAntibody FormationHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesAdultAntibodies, NeutralizingFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSARS-CoV-2VaccinationAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza VaccinesB cellbreadthgerminal centerinfectious diseaseinfluenza virusmicrobiologyphysics of living systemsvaccineviruses

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PMCPMC12614894

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