Immune Responses to HBV Vaccine in People Living with HIV (PLWHs) Who Achieved Successful Treatment : A Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Understanding immune responses after HBV vaccination is important to prevent HBV infection in PLWH and to achieve successful treatment.

METHODS: Thirty-two PLWHs with CD4+ cell count > 350 cells/µL and HIV RNA < 200 copies/mL were vaccinated with 20 µg of HBV vaccine at weeks 0, 4, and 24 in this prospective study. We measured total HIV DNA levels, HBsAb titers and HBsAg-specific T-cell responses during follow-up time.

RESULTS: All patients achieved protective HBsAb titer after immunization. The magnitude of the IFN-r and TNF-a response to HBsAg was 22.0 (IQR: 6.5-65.0) and 106.50 (IQR: 58.5-203.0) spot-forming cells (SFC)/105 PBMC, respectively at week 0. The level of IFN-r secreted at weeks 12 and weeks 36 to 48 was comparable with that at week 0. However, IFN-r response was higher at weeks 12 than that at weeks 36 to 48 (p = 0.02). The level of TNF-a secreted at weeks 12 was higher than that at week 0 (p < 0.001). Total HIV DNA levels were 2.76 (IQR: 2.47-3.07), 2.77 (IQR: 2.50-3.09), 2.77 (IQR: 2.41-2.89) log10 copies/106 PBMCs at weeks 0, 12, 36 to 48, respectively. No correlation was observed between IFN-r and TNF-a levels and HBsAb titer as well as total HIV DNA levels after immunization.

CONCLUSION: Humoral immunity was satisfactory, but cellular immunity and decline in HIV reservoir were not optimal after HBV vaccine immunization in these patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Vaccines - 11(2023), 2 vom: 09. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Li [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaodi [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Lianfeng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiaosheng [VerfasserIn]
Song, Xiaojing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yanling [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaoxia [VerfasserIn]
Lyu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhengyin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Taisheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

HBV vaccine
IFN-r
Journal Article
PLWH
TNF-a
Total HIV DNA levels

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Date Revised 01.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/vaccines11020400

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353573655