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Vitamin D3 replacement enhances antigen-specific immunity in older adults
- Source :
- Chambers, E S, Vukmanovic-Stejic, M, Turner, C T, Shih, B, Trahair, H, Pollara, G, Tsaliki, E, Rustin, M, Freeman, T C, Mabbott, N, Noursadeghi, M, Martineau, A R & Akbar, A N 2021, ' Vitamin D3 replacement enhances antigen-specific immunity in older adults ', Immunotherapy Advances, vol. 1, no. 1 . https://doi.org/10.1093/immadv/ltaa008
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020.
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Abstract
- Summary Introduction Ageing is associated with increased number of infections, decreased vaccine efficacy and increased systemic inflammation termed inflammageing. These changes are reflected by reduced recall responses to varicella zoster virus (VZV) challenge in the skin of older adults. Vitamin D deficiency is more common in the old and has been associated with frailty and increased inflammation. In addition, vitamin D increases immunoregulatory mechanisms and therefore has the potential to inhibit inflammageing. Objectives We investigated the use of vitamin D3 replacement to enhance cutaneous antigen-specific immunity in older adults (≥65 years). Methods Vitamin D insufficient older adults (n = 18) were administered 6400IU of vitamin D3/day orally for 14 weeks. Antigen-specific immunity to VZV was assessed by clinical score assessment of the injection site and transcriptional analysis of skin biopsies collected from challenged injection sites pre- and post-vitamin D3 replacement. Results We showed that older adults had reduced VZV-specific cutaneous immune response and increased non-specific inflammation as compared to young. Increased non-specific inflammation observed in the skin of older adults negatively correlated with vitamin D sufficiency. We showed that vitamin D3 supplementation significantly increased the response to cutaneous VZV antigen challenge in older adults. This enhancement was associated with a reduction in inflammatory monocyte infiltration with a concomitant enhancement of T cell recruitment to the site of antigen challenge in the skin. Conclusion Vitamin D3 replacement can boost antigen-specific immunity in older adults with sub-optimal vitamin D status.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Vitamin
Inflammation
Varicella Zoster Virus
vitamin D deficiency
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Antigen
Immunity
Antigen specific
medicine
Vitamin D and neurology
Vitamin D
Skin
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Ageing
030104 developmental biology
chemistry
Immunology
medicine.symptom
business
Cholecalciferol
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Details
- ISSN :
- 27324303
- Volume :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Immunotherapy Advances
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....70d5d515b463cd8f79a7ca83287be1b9