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ABSTRACT: Background
Live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) and trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) are effective for prevention of influenza virus infection in children, but the mechanisms associated with protection are not well defined.Methods
We analyzed the differences in B-cell responses and transcriptional profiles in children aged 6 months to 14 years immunized with these 2 vaccines.Results
LAIV elicited a significant increase in naive, memory, and transitional B cells on day 30 after vaccination, whereas TIV elicited an increased number of plasmablasts on day 7. Antibody titers against the 3 vaccine strains (H1N1, H3N2, and B) were significantly higher in the TIV group and correlated with number of antibody-secreting cells. Both vaccines induced overexpression of interferon (IFN)-signaling genes but with different kinetics. TIV induced expression of IFN genes on day 1 after vaccination in all age groups, and LAIV induced expression of IFN genes on day 7 after vaccination but only in children <5 years old. IFN-related genes overexpressed in both vaccinated groups correlated with H3N2 antibody titers.Conclusions
These results suggest that LAIV and TIV induced significantly different B-cell responses in vaccinated children. Early induction of IFN appears to be important for development of antibody responses.
SUBMITTER: Cao RG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4092249 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cao Raquel G RG Suarez Nicolas M NM Obermoser Gerlinde G Lopez Santiago M C SM Flano Emilio E Mertz Sara E SE Albrecht Randy A RA García-Sastre Adolfo A Mejias Asuncion A Xu Hui H Qin Huanying H Blankenship Derek D Palucka Karolina K Pascual Virginia V Ramilo Octavio O
The Journal of infectious diseases 20140204 2
<h4>Background</h4>Live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) and trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) are effective for prevention of influenza virus infection in children, but the mechanisms associated with protection are not well defined.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed the differences in B-cell responses and transcriptional profiles in children aged 6 months to 14 years immunized with these 2 vaccines.<h4>Results</h4>LAIV elicited a significant increase in naive, memory, and transitional B ...[more]