1. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) seropositivity decreases B cell responses to the influenza vaccine.
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Frasca, Daniela, Diaz, Alain, Romero, Maria, Landin, Ana Marie, and Blomberg, Bonnie B.
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CYTOMEGALOVIRUSES , *B cells , *INFLUENZA vaccines , *ANTIBODY formation , *BIOMARKERS , *FLU vaccine efficacy - Abstract
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-seropositivity has been shown to have a negative effect on influenza vaccine-specific antibody responses. In this paper, we confirm and extend these results showing for the first time, a negative association between CMV-seropositivity and B cell predictive biomarkers of optimal vaccine responses. These biomarkers are switched memory B cells and AID in CpG-stimulated B cell cultures measured before vaccination which positively correlate with the serum response to the influenza vaccine. We also found that CMV-seropositivity is associated with increased levels of B cell-intrinsic inflammation and these both correlate with lower B cell function. Finally, CMV-seropositivity is associated with decreased percentages of individuals responding to the vaccine in both young and elderly individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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