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Value of immunological markers in predicting responsiveness to influenza vaccination in elderly individuals

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Goronzy, Jörg J., Fulbright, James W., Crowson, Cynthia S., Poland, Gregory A., O'Fallon, William M., Weyand, Cornelia M.·2001·Journal of Virology

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Elderly individuals are at high risk for morbidity and mortality when infected with influenza virus. Vaccinations with inactivated virus are less effective in the elderly due to the declining competency of the aging immune system. We have explored whether immunological parameters predict poor anti-influenza virus vaccine responses and can be used as biological markers of immunosenescence. One hundred fifty-three residents of community-based retirement facilities aged 65 to 98 years received a trivalent influenza vaccine. Vaccine-induced antibody responses were determined by comparing hemagglutination inhibition titers before and 28 days after immunization. The composition of the T-cell compartment was analyzed by flow cytometry and the sizes of three T-cell subsets, CD4+CD45RO+cells, CD4+CD28 null cells, and CD8+CD28 null cells, were determined. Only 17% of the vaccine recipients were able to generate an increase in titers of antibody to all three vaccine components, and 46% of the immunized individuals failed to respond to any of the three hemagglutinins. The likelihood of successful vaccination declined with age and was independently correlated with the expansion of a particular T-cell subset, CD8+CD28 null T cells. The sizes of the CD4+CD45RO+memory T-cell and CD4+CD28 null T-cell subsets had no effect on the ability to mount anti-influenza virus antibody responses. Frequencies of CD8+CD28 null T cells are useful biological markers of compromised immunocompetence, identifying individuals at risk for insufficient antibody responses.

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  • Frequencies of CD8+ TEMRA cells, many reactive to CMV, inversely predict antibody response to trivalent influenza vaccination.

    “frequencies of CD8+ TEMRA cells, many of them reactive to CMV, inversely predicted the antibody response to trivalent influenza vaccination (TIV)”

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Goronzy, J. J., Fulbright, J. W., Crowson, C. S., Poland, G. A., O'Fallon, W. M., & Weyand, C. M.
Affiliations
  • <!--label omitted: 1-->Departments of Medicine1 and
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
  • <!--label omitted: 2-->Biostatistics,2 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Venue
Journal of Virology
Published
2001-12-15
Volume
75
Issue
24
Pages
12182-12187
ISSN
  • 0022-538X (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-5514
OpenAlex
W2089244708
Cited by
402
References
52
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FWCI
7.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Virology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG015043, R01AG15043)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Keywords
influenza vaccination, immunosenescence, vaccine response prediction, older adults, CD8+CD28- T cells, T cell subsets, hemagglutination inhibition antibodies, trivalent influenza vaccine, immunological markers, immunocompetence
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Antibodies, Viral, Female, Humans, Influenza Vaccines, Male, Vaccination, CD4 Antigens, T-Lymphocyte Subsets, Leukocyte Common Antigens, CD28 Antigens

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