2023
Human papillomavirus vaccine effectiveness by age at vaccination: A systematic review
Ellingson M, Sheikha H, Nyhan K, Oliveira C, Niccolai L. Human papillomavirus vaccine effectiveness by age at vaccination: A systematic review. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 2023, 19: 2239085. PMID: 37529935, PMCID: PMC10399474, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2239085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine effectivenessSystematic reviewHuman Papillomavirus Vaccine EffectivenessVaccine-type HPV infectionYounger ageHigh vaccine effectivenessHuman papillomavirus vaccineVaccine effectiveness studiesYounger age groupsAdolescents ages 15Adolescents ages 9HPV infectionHPV vaccineVaccine initiationPapillomavirus vaccineTime vaccinationAnogenital wartsCervical abnormalitiesCervical cancerDisease outcomeAge groupsOlder ageEffectiveness studiesAge 15Age
2020
Sex differences in immune responses that underlie COVID-19 disease outcomes
Takahashi T, Ellingson MK, Wong P, Israelow B, Lucas C, Klein J, Silva J, Mao T, Oh JE, Tokuyama M, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Park A, Liu F, Meir A, Sun J, Wang EY, Casanovas-Massana A, Wyllie AL, Vogels CBF, Earnest R, Lapidus S, Ott IM, Moore AJ, Shaw A, Fournier J, Odio C, Farhadian S, Dela Cruz C, Grubaugh N, Schulz W, Ring A, Ko A, Omer S, Iwasaki A. Sex differences in immune responses that underlie COVID-19 disease outcomes. Nature 2020, 588: 315-320. PMID: 32846427, PMCID: PMC7725931, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2700-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInnate immune cytokinesFemale patientsMale patientsImmune cytokinesDisease outcomeImmune responseCOVID-19COVID-19 disease outcomesPoor T cell responsesSARS-CoV-2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirusAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirusSex-based approachModerate COVID-19Sex differencesRobust T cell activationT cell responsesWorse disease progressionWorse disease outcomesHigher plasma levelsNon-classical monocytesCoronavirus disease 2019T cell activationImmunomodulatory medicationsPlasma cytokinesLongitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19
Lucas C, Wong P, Klein J, Castro TBR, Silva J, Sundaram M, Ellingson MK, Mao T, Oh JE, Israelow B, Takahashi T, Tokuyama M, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Park A, Mohanty S, Wang H, Wyllie AL, Vogels CBF, Earnest R, Lapidus S, Ott IM, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Fournier JB, Campbell M, Odio CD, Casanovas-Massana A, Herbst R, Shaw A, Medzhitov R, Schulz W, Grubaugh N, Dela Cruz C, Farhadian S, Ko A, Omer S, Iwasaki A. Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19. Nature 2020, 584: 463-469. PMID: 32717743, PMCID: PMC7477538, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2588-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere COVID-19Moderate COVID-19Immune signaturesDisease outcomeCOVID-19Disease trajectoriesInterleukin-5Early immune signaturesInnate cell lineagesType 2 effectorsT cell numbersPoor clinical outcomeWorse disease outcomesImmune response profileCoronavirus disease 2019Distinct disease trajectoriesCytokine levelsImmunological correlatesImmune profileClinical outcomesEarly elevationImmune profilingIL-13Immunoglobulin EDisease 2019