• FluTrackers.com Inc. does not provide medical advice. Information on this web site is collected from various internet resources, and the FluTrackers board of directors makes no warranty to the safety, efficacy, correctness or completeness of the information posted on this site by any author or poster. The information collated here is for instructional and/or discussion purposes only and is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any disease, illness, or other medical condition. Every individual reader or poster should seek advice from their personal physician/healthcare practitioner before considering or using any interventions that are discussed on this website. By continuing to access this website you agree to consult your personal physican before using any interventions posted on this website, and you agree to hold harmless FluTrackers.com Inc., the board of directors, the members, and all authors and posters for any effects from use of any medication, supplement, vitamin or other substance, device, intervention, etc. mentioned in posts on this website, or other internet venues referenced in posts on this website.
  • We are not asking for any donations. Do not donate to any entity who says they are raising funds for us.

Inflammatory Responses to Influenza Vaccination at the Extremes of Age

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
Immunology. 2017 Apr 4. doi: 10.1111/imm.12742. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Inflammatory Responses to Influenza Vaccination at the Extremes of Age.[/h] McDonald JU[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhong Z[SUP]1[/SUP], Groves HT[SUP]1[/SUP], Tregoning JS[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] Age affects the immune response to vaccination, with individuals at the extremes of age responding poorly. The initial inflammatory response to antigenic materials shapes the subsequent adaptive response and so understanding is required about the effect of age on the profile of acute inflammatory mediators. In this study we measured the local and systemic inflammatory response after influenza vaccination or infection in neonatal, young adult and aged mice. Mice were immunised intramuscularly with inactivated influenza vaccine with and without the adjuvant MF59 and then challenged with H1N1 influenza. Age was the major factor affecting the inflammatory profile after vaccination: neonatal mice had more IL-1a, CRP and GM-CSF, young adults more TNF, and elderly mice IL-1Ra, IL-2Ra and IP10. Notably the addition of MF59 induced IL-5, G-CSF, KC, and MCP-1 in all ages of animals and levels of these cytokines correlated with antibody responses. Age also had an impact on the efficacy of vaccination, neonatal and young adult mice were protected against challenge, but aged mice were not. There were striking differences in the localisation of the cytokine response depending on the route of exposure: vaccination led to a high serum response whilst intranasal infection led to a low serum response but a high lung response. In conclusion we demonstrate that age affects the inflammatory response to both influenza vaccination and infection. These age induced differences need to be considered when developing vaccination strategies for different age groups. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Cytokine; Lung; mucosa; vaccination; viral

PMID: 28375554 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12742
 
Back
Top Bottom