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Transcriptional signatures of influenza A/H1N1-specific IgG memory-like B cell response in older individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies suggest that the recall-based humoral immune responses to influenza A/H1N1 originates from activated memory B cells. The aim of this study was to identify baseline, early and late blood transcriptional signatures (in peripheral blood mononuclear cells/PBMCs) associated with memory B cell response following influenza vaccination.

Methods

We used pre- and post-vaccination mRNA-Seq transcriptional profiling on samples from 159 subjects (50-74years old) following receipt of seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine containing the A/California/7/2009/H1N1-like virus, and penalized regression modeling to identify associations with influenza A/H1N1-specific memory B cell ELISPOT response after vaccination.

Results

Genesets and genes (p-value range 7.92E(-08) to 0.00018, q-value range 0.00019-0.039) demonstrating significant associations (of gene expression levels) with memory B cell response suggest the importance of metabolic (cholesterol and lipid metabolism-related), cell migration/adhesion, MAP kinase, NF-kB cell signaling (chemokine/cytokine signaling) and transcriptional regulation gene signatures in the development of memory B cell response after influenza vaccination.

Conclusion

Through an unbiased transcriptome-wide profiling approach, our study identified signatures of memory B cell response following influenza vaccination, highlighting the underappreciated role of metabolic changes (among the other immune function-related events) in the regulation of influenza vaccine-induced immune memory.

SUBMITTER: Haralambieva IH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5520794 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transcriptional signatures of influenza A/H1N1-specific IgG memory-like B cell response in older individuals.

Haralambieva Iana H IH Ovsyannikova Inna G IG Kennedy Richard B RB Zimmermann Michael T MT Grill Diane E DE Oberg Ann L AL Poland Gregory A GA

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<h4>Background</h4>Studies suggest that the recall-based humoral immune responses to influenza A/H1N1 originates from activated memory B cells. The aim of this study was to identify baseline, early and late blood transcriptional signatures (in peripheral blood mononuclear cells/PBMCs) associated with memory B cell response following influenza vaccination.<h4>Methods</h4>We used pre- and post-vaccination mRNA-Seq transcriptional profiling on samples from 159 subjects (50-74years old) following re ...[more]

PMID: 27317456

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Transcriptional signatures of influenza A/H1N1-specific IgG memory-like B cell response in older individuals.

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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Transcriptional signatures of influenza A/H1N1-specific IgG memory-like B cell response in older individuals.

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