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Influenza vaccination reveals sex dimorphic imprints of prior mild COVID-19
Sparks R, Lau W, Liu C, Han K, Vrindten K, Sun G, Cox M, Andrews S, Bansal N, Failla L, Manischewitz J, Grubbs G, King L, Koroleva G, Leimenstoll S, Snow L, Chen J, Tang J, Mukherjee A, Sellers B, Apps R, McDermott A, Martins A, Bloch E, Golding H, Khurana S, Tsang J. Influenza vaccination reveals sex dimorphic imprints of prior mild COVID-19. Nature 2023, 614: 752-761. PMID: 36599369, PMCID: PMC10481789, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05670-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMild COVID-19Control individualsInnate immune genesInfluenza vaccinationCOVID-19Day 28Day 1Viral infectionNon-hospitalized COVID-19Baseline immune statusAcute viral infectionSex-matched control individualsMemory-like CD8IL-15 responsesIL-15 stimulationSex-dimorphic effectsToll-like receptorsFuture immune responseHealthy control individualsImmune genesSystems immunology approachT-cell activation signaturesHealthy male individualsMale individualsMore IFNγIntegrating population and single-cell variations in vaccine responses identifies a naturally adjuvanted human immune setpoint
Mulè M, Martins A, Cheung F, Farmer R, Sellers B, Quiel J, Jain A, Kotliarov Y, Bansal N, Chen J, Schwartzberg P, Tsang J. Integrating population and single-cell variations in vaccine responses identifies a naturally adjuvanted human immune setpoint. Immunity 2024, 57: 1160-1176.e7. PMID: 38697118, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscriptional statesVaccine responseSingle-cell profiling methodsSingle-cell variationAS03-adjuvanted vaccineUnadjuvanted influenza vaccineResponse to lipopolysaccharide stimulationB cell signaturesCD14<sup>+</sup> monocytesSingle-cell levelBiological insightsUnadjuvanted vaccineAS03-adjuvantedInfluenza vaccineResponse phenotypesCITE-seqInnate subsetsAdjuvant developmentHigh antibody respondersDay 1Antibody respondersLipopolysaccharide stimulationVaccineCorrelation networkHuman population
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Sex and prior exposure jointly shape innate immune responses to a live herpesvirus vaccine
Cheung F, Apps R, Dropulic L, Kotliarov Y, Chen J, Jordan T, Langweiler M, Candia J, Biancotto A, Han K, Rachmaninoff N, Pietz H, Wang K, Tsang J, Cohen J. Sex and prior exposure jointly shape innate immune responses to a live herpesvirus vaccine. ELife 2023, 12: e80652. PMID: 36648132, PMCID: PMC9844983, DOI: 10.7554/elife.80652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly innate responseVaccine recipientsPrior exposureInnate responseType I interferon signatureInfectious diseasesSeronegative vaccine recipientsType I IFN responseEarly antiviral responseNational InstituteInnate immune responseSystems immunology approachI IFN responseAdaptive immune phenotypesIntramural Research ProgramInterferon signatureAntibody titersVaccine trialsImmune phenotypeVirus vaccineNaive womenImmune responseSanofi PasteurDay 1Herpesvirus vaccine