Flagellin adjuvanted F1/V subunit plague vaccine induces T cell and functional antibody responses with unique gene signatures
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ABSTRACT: Yersinia pestis, the cause of plague, could be weaponized. Unfortunately, development of new vaccines is limited by lack of correlates of protection. We used pre- and post-vaccination sera and peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a flagellin adjuvanted F1/V vaccine trial to evaluate potential gene expression markers that correlated with macrophage protection. Here, we report for the first time in humans that inverse caspase 3 levels which are measures of protective antibody significantly increased by 29% and 75% on day 14 and 28 post-second vaccination, respectively. In addition, there were significant increases in T cell responses on day 28 post-second vaccination. The strongest positive and negative correlations between protective antibody levels and gene expression signatures were identified for IFNG and ENSG00000225107 genes, respectively. Flagellin/F1/V subunit vaccine induced macrophage-protective antibody and significant CD4+ T cell responses. Several genes associated with macrophage-protective antibody were identified that could serve as potential correlates of protection.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE136878 | GEO | 2019/12/31
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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