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Determinants of infant responses to vaccines in presence of maternal antibodies.
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Determinants of infant responses to vaccines in presence of maternal antibodies.

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  • 1998-08-26
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  • Vaccine. - 1998
Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Antibodies, Viral
Antigen Presentation
Antigens
B-Lymphocytes
Female
Immunity, Maternally-Acquired
Lymphocyte Activation
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
T-Lymphocytes
Tetanus Toxoid
Vaccines
Vaccines, Conjugate
English Presence of maternally-derived antibodies at time of immunization is known to often interfere with active infant immunization, although with variable degrees of clinical significance. In order to progressively decipher the rules that form the basis for these inhibitory effects on infant vaccine responses, two antigens (measles, tetanus) and various antigen presentation systems were evaluated in murine early life immunization models either in absence or presence of maternal antibodies. Both conventional (proteins, conjugate vaccines) and new (live viral vectors, DNA plasmids) antigen presentation systems were found to be similarly susceptible to the inhibitory influence of maternal antibodies. Factors emerging as crucial determinants of maternal antibody-mediated effects on responses to both live and non-live vaccines include (i) the level of maternal antibodies present at immunization, (ii) the use of distinct vaccines in mothers and pups and (iii) their distinct influence on B cell and T cell vaccine responses.
Language
  • English
Open access status
closed
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https://sonar.ch/global/documents/230304
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