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Broad immune activation underlies shared set point signatures for vaccine responsiveness in healthy individuals and disease activity in patients with lupus
Kotliarov Y, Sparks R, Martins A, Mulè M, Lu Y, Goswami M, Kardava L, Banchereau R, Pascual V, Biancotto A, Chen J, Schwartzberg P, Bansal N, Liu C, Cheung F, Moir S, Tsang J. Broad immune activation underlies shared set point signatures for vaccine responsiveness in healthy individuals and disease activity in patients with lupus. Nature Medicine 2020, 26: 618-629. PMID: 32094927, PMCID: PMC8392163, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-0769-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptive ImmunityAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibody FormationB-LymphocytesChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansInfluenza VaccinesInfluenza, HumanLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMaleMiddle AgedTranscriptomeVaccinationYellow FeverYellow Fever VaccineYoung AdultConceptsDisease activityVaccine responsivenessAutoimmune disease activityBlood transcriptional signaturesYellow fever vaccinationSystemic lupus erythematosusClinical quiescenceFever vaccinationLupus erythematosusCancer immunotherapyBaseline predictorsDisease outcomeHealthy subjectsImmune responseI IFNHealthy individualsVaccinationTranscriptional signatureImmune variationBaseline statePatientsExtent of activationBiological basisSurface proteinsInfection responseGlobal 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 variationVaccinationTitersImproving Vaccine-Induced Immunity: Can Baseline Predict Outcome?
Tsang J, Dobaño C, VanDamme P, Moncunill G, Marchant A, Othman R, Sadarangani M, Koff W, Kollmann T. Improving Vaccine-Induced Immunity: Can Baseline Predict Outcome? Trends In Immunology 2020, 41: 457-465. PMID: 32340868, PMCID: PMC7142696, DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2020.04.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Tracking B cell responses to the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 vaccine
de Assis F, Hoehn K, Zhang X, Kardava L, Smith C, Merhebi O, Buckner C, Trihemasava K, Wang W, Seamon C, Chen V, Schaughency P, Cheung F, Martins A, Chiang C, Li Y, Tsang J, Chun T, Kleinstein S, Moir S. Tracking B cell responses to the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 vaccine. Cell Reports 2023, 42: 112780. PMID: 37440409, PMCID: PMC10529190, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112780.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory B cellsB cell receptorB cellsAtypical memory B cellsInfection-naïve individualsTwo-dose SARSSARS-CoV-2 mRNAB cell responsesAntibody-secreting cellsMonth 6Protective immunityCell responsesCell receptorClonal expansionImmunoglobulin GEarly timepointsLater timepointsPlasmablastsVaccinationCD71TimepointsSurface proteinsCellsMultimodal single-cell analysisMRNA
2022
Transcriptional atlas of the human immune response to 13 vaccines reveals a common predictor of vaccine-induced antibody responses
Hagan T, Gerritsen B, Tomalin LE, Fourati S, Mulè MP, Chawla DG, Rychkov D, Henrich E, Miller HER, Diray-Arce J, Dunn P, Lee A, Levy O, Gottardo R, Sarwal M, Tsang J, Suárez-Fariñas M, Sékaly R, Kleinstein S, Pulendran B. Transcriptional atlas of the human immune response to 13 vaccines reveals a common predictor of vaccine-induced antibody responses. Nature Immunology 2022, 23: 1788-1798. PMID: 36316475, PMCID: PMC9869360, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-022-01328-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntibody responseDay 1Vaccine-induced antibodiesYellow fever vaccineHuman immune responseMechanisms of immunityB cell activationTranscriptional atlasFever vaccineDifferent vaccinesSystems vaccinologyImmune responseMost vaccinesDay 7Cell activationInnate immunityVaccineVaccinationImmunityCommon predictorsMolecular signaturesResponsePlasmablastsInterferonAntibodiesPan-vaccine analysis reveals innate immune endotypes predictive of antibody responses to vaccination
Fourati S, Tomalin LE, Mulè MP, Chawla DG, Gerritsen B, Rychkov D, Henrich E, Miller HER, Hagan T, Diray-Arce J, Dunn P, Levy O, Gottardo R, Sarwal M, Tsang J, Suárez-Fariñas M, Pulendran B, Kleinstein S, Sékaly R. Pan-vaccine analysis reveals innate immune endotypes predictive of antibody responses to vaccination. Nature Immunology 2022, 23: 1777-1787. PMID: 36316476, PMCID: PMC9747610, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-022-01329-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntibody responsePro-inflammatory response genesToll-like receptor ligandsBlood transcriptional profilesHigher serum antibodyPro-inflammatory responseSerum antibodiesDifferent vaccinesImmune responseImmune stateMetabolism alterationsEndotypesImmune systemVaccinationReceptor ligandsCell proliferationGene expression characteristicsActivation stateDifferential expressionTranscriptional profilesResponse genesExpression characteristicsResponseWide variationAdjuvant
2016
Humoral Fingerprinting of Immune Responses: ‘Super-Resolution’, High-Dimensional Serology
Lau W, Tsang J. Humoral Fingerprinting of Immune Responses: ‘Super-Resolution’, High-Dimensional Serology. Trends In Immunology 2016, 37: 167-169. PMID: 26830541, PMCID: PMC4955921, DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2016.01.003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Random yet deterministic: convergent immunoglobulin responses to influenza
Martins A, Tsang J. Random yet deterministic: convergent immunoglobulin responses to influenza. Trends In Microbiology 2014, 22: 488-489. PMID: 25179798, PMCID: PMC4961090, DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.07.005.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters