Timing of Assessment of Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immunity after Influenza Vaccination

Autor: Naruhito Otani, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Kumiko Yamada, Kaori Ishikawa, Kaoru Ichiki, Takashi Ueda, Yoshio Takesue, Takuma Yamamoto, Satoshi Higasa, Susumu Tanimura, Yuta Inai, Toshiomi Okuno
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Vaccines, Vol 12, Iss 6, p 584 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-393X
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines12060584
Popis: Assessment of the immune response to influenza vaccines should include an assessment of both humoral and cell-mediated immunity. However, there is a lack of consensus regarding the timing of immunological assessment of humoral and cell-mediated immunity after vaccination. Therefore, we investigated the timing of immunological assessments after vaccination using markers of humoral and cell-mediated immunity. In the 2018/2019 influenza season, blood was collected from 29 healthy adults before and after vaccination with a quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine, and we performed serial measurements of humoral immunity (hemagglutination inhibition [HAI] and neutralizing antibody [NT]) and cell-mediated immunity (interferon-gamma [IFN-γ]). The HAI and NT titers before and after vaccination were strongly correlated, but no correlation was observed between the markers of cell-mediated and humoral immunity. The geometric mean titer and geometric mean concentration of humoral and cellular immune markers increased within 2 weeks after vaccination and had already declined by 8 weeks. This study suggests that the optimal time to assess the immune response is 2 weeks after vaccination. Appropriately timed immunological assessments can help ensure that vaccination is effective.
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