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Global Analyses of Human Immune Variation Reveal Baseline Predictors of Postvaccination Responses
Tsang J, Schwartzberg P, Kotliarov Y, Biancotto A, Xie Z, Germain R, Wang E, Olnes M, Narayanan M, Golding H, Moir S, Dickler H, Perl S, Cheung F, Center T, Consortium T, Obermoser G, Chaussabel D, Palucka K, Chen J, Fuchs J, Ho J, Khurana S, King L, Langweiler M, Liu H, Manischewitz J, Pos Z, Posada J, Schum P, Shi R, Valdez J, Wang W, Zhou H, Kastner D, Marincola F, McCoy J, Trinchieri G, Young N. Global Analyses of Human Immune Variation Reveal Baseline Predictors of Postvaccination Responses. Cell 2014, 157: 499-513. PMID: 24725414, PMCID: PMC4139290, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.03.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-existing antibody titersPostvaccination antibody responsePeripheral blood mononuclear cell transcriptomeB cell responsesBaseline time pointPostvaccination responsesInfluenza vaccinationImmune monitoringSerum titersAntibody titersAntibody responseBaseline predictorsBaseline differencesImmune parametersHuman immunityCell responsesSubpopulation frequenciesTime pointsCell populationsIntra-individual variationVaccinationTiters
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Abnormal B cell memory subsets dominate HIV-specific responses in infected individuals
Kardava L, Moir S, Shah N, Wang W, Wilson R, Buckner CM, Santich BH, Kim LJ, Spurlin EE, Nelson AK, Wheatley AK, Harvey CJ, McDermott AB, Wucherpfennig KW, Chun TW, Tsang JS, Li Y, Fauci AS. Abnormal B cell memory subsets dominate HIV-specific responses in infected individuals. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2014, 124: 3252-3262. PMID: 24892810, PMCID: PMC4071400, DOI: 10.1172/jci74351.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-specific responsesMemory B cellsB cellsInfected individualsMemory subsetsUninfected individualsVirus-specific B cell responsesMemory B cell subsetsPeripheral blood B cellsCertain infected individualsHIV-specific antibodiesB cell abnormalitiesAbnormal B cellsB-cell dysfunctionB cell responsesBlood B cellsB cell subsetsStage of infectionPlasma viremiaAntiretroviral therapyHIV antibodiesHIV diseaseHIV infectionImmune activationCell subsets