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Temporal Response of the Human Virome to Immunosuppression and Antiviral Therapy

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De Vlaminck, Iwijn, Khush, Kiran K., Strehl, Calvin, Kohli, Bitika, Luikart, Helen, Neff, Norma F., Okamoto, Jennifer, Snyder, Thomas M. +6 more·2013·Cell

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There are few substantive methods to measure the health of the immune system, and the connection between immune strength and the viral component of the microbiome is poorly understood. Organ transplant recipients are treated with posttransplant therapies that combine immunosuppressive and antiviral drugs, offering a window into the effects of immune modulation on the virome. We used sequencing of cell-free DNA in plasma to investigate drug-virome interactions in a cohort of organ transplant recipients (656 samples, 96 patients) and find that antivirals and immunosuppressants strongly affect the structure of the virome in plasma. We observe marked virome compositional dynamics at the onset of the therapy and find that the total viral load increases with immunosuppression, whereas the bacterial component of the microbiome remains largely unaffected. The data provide insight into the relationship between the human virome, the state of the immune system, and the effects of pharmacological treatment and offer a potential application of the virome state to predict immunocompetence.

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De Vlaminck, I., Khush, K. K., Strehl, C., Kohli, B., Luikart, H., Neff, N. F., Okamoto, J., Snyder, T. M., Cornfield, D. N., Nicolls, M. R., Weill, D., Bernstein, D., Valantine, H. A., & Quake, S. R.
Affiliations
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Quake, Stephen R.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-11
Volume
155
Issue
5
Pages
1178-1187
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2012991226
Cited by
471
References
43
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 51 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 39 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 37 · 2017: 35 · 2016: 32 · 2015: 33 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 1
FWCI
27.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institutes of Health (DP1OD000251, 5p01hl108797-10)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL070628, R01HL095686, P01-HL-108797, K23HL091143)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (RC4AI092673)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Virology › HIV Research and Treatment
Keywords
human virome, organ transplant recipients, immunosuppression, antiviral therapy, cell-free DNA, viral load, immunocompetence, immune system health
MeSH terms
Adult, Antiviral Agents, Blood, Child, DNA, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents, Viruses, Heart Transplantation, Lung Transplantation, Antibiotic Prophylaxis

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