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Correlation between Human Leukocyte Antigen Class II Alleles and HAI Titers Detected Post-Influenza Vaccination

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PLoS One. 2013 Aug 9;8(8):e71376. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071376. eCollection 2013.
Correlation between Human Leukocyte Antigen Class II Alleles and HAI Titers Detected Post-Influenza Vaccination.
Moss AJ, Gaughran FP, Karasu A, Gilbert AS, Mann AJ, Gelder CM, Oxford JS, Stephens HA, Lambkin-Williams R.
Source

Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom.
Abstract

Influenza is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Despite vaccination, many elderly recipients do not develop a protective antibody response. To determine whether Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) alleles modulate seroprotection to influenza, a cohort of HLA class II-typed high-risk vaccine recipients was investigated. Haemagglutinin inhibition (HAI) titres were measured 14-40 days post-subunit vaccination. Seroprotection was defined as HAI titres reaching 40 or greater for all three vaccine strains. HLA-DRB1*04∶01 and HLA-DPB1*04∶01 alleles were detected at higher frequencies in seroprotected compared with non-seroprotected individuals. Thus, the presence of certain HLA class II alleles may determine the magnitude of antibody responses to influenza vaccination.

PMID:
23951151
[PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23951151
 
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