Baseline serum interleukin-6 to interleukin-2 ratio is associated with the response to seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine in solid organ transplant recipients

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BACKGROUND: The analysis of pre- and post-vaccination B-cell-associated cytokines might be useful in predicting the immunogenicity of seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV) in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients.

METHODS: We performed a subanalysis of a clinical trial that compared the safety and efficacy of high-dose intradermal (ID) versus intramuscular (IM) TIV in SOT recipients. Serum levels of selected cytokines (interferon [IFN]-γ, interleukin [IL]-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-12 and IL-21, and tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-α) were measured pre- and one month post-vaccination in 155 patients (with 84 and 71 receiving the ID and IM vaccines, respectively). Cytokine profiles were compared according to vaccine response (seroconversion [≥4-fold increase in hemagglutination inhibition antibody titers] to ≥1 influenza vaccine antigen).

RESULTS: Mean baseline IL-6 levels were higher (1.20 versus 0.65pg/mL; P-value=0.021) and IL-2 levels were lower (0.01 versus 0.50pg/mL; P-value=0.051) in patients achieving vaccine response. After adjusting for clinical variables, baseline IL-6/IL-2 ratio remained predictive of vaccine response (odds ratio per 10-unit increment: 1.06; 95% confidence interval: 1.02-1.10; P-value=0.002). Vaccination induced an increase in TNF-α (P-value <0.0001) and a decrease in IL-5 levels (P-value=0.0007). There were no significant differences in cytokine kinetics between vaccine responders and non-responders. Mean baseline TNF-α levels were higher in patients experiencing moderate-to-severe adverse events after vaccination (1.93 versus 1.72pg/mL; P-value=0.009).

CONCLUSIONS: Baseline serum IL-6 and IL-2 levels, two cytokines that modulate the role of CD4(+) T follicular helper cells and the terminal differentiation of B-cells, predict vaccine response in SOT recipients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Vaccine - 33(2015), 51 vom: 16. Dez., Seite 7176-7182

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fernández-Ruiz, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Humar, Atul [VerfasserIn]
Baluch, Aliyah [VerfasserIn]
Keshwani, Shanil [VerfasserIn]
Husain, Shahid [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Deepali [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical Trial
Cytokines
Influenza Vaccines
Influenza vaccination
Interleukin-2
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Solid organ transplantation
Vaccine response

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Date Completed 05.10.2016

Date Revised 21.10.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.10.134

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NLM254510302