• 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.

Seasoned adaptive antibody immunity for highly pathogenic pandemic influenza in humans

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
Immunol Cell Biol. 2011 Jun 7. [Epub ahead of print]
Seasoned adaptive antibody immunity for highly pathogenic pandemic influenza in humans.
Lynch GW, Selleck P, Church WB, Sullivan JS.
Source

1] Biosafety, Immunobiology, Global Health and Pandemic Infections Research, Central Clinical School, Faculties of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia [2] Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia [3] Cellular & Molecular Pathology Research Unit, Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Westmead Centre for Oral Health, Westmead Hospital and Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
Abstract

Fundamentally new approaches are required for the development of vaccines to pre-empt and protect against emerging and pandemic influenzas. Current strategies involve post-emergent homotypic vaccines that are modelled upon select circulating 'seasonal' influenzas, but cannot induce cross-strain protection against newly evolved or zoonotically introduced highly pathogenic influenza (HPI). Avian H5N1 and the less-lethal 2009 H1N1 and their reassortants loom as candidates to seed a future HPI pandemic. Therefore, more universal 'seasoned' vaccine approaches are urgently needed for heterotypic protection ahead of time. Pivotal to this is the need to understand mechanisms that can deliver broad strain protection. Heterotypic and heterosubtypic humoral immunities have largely been overlooked for influenza cross-protection, with most 'seasoned' vaccine efforts for humans focussed on heterotypic cellular immunity. However, 5 years ago we began to identify direct and indirect indicators of humoral-herd immunity to protein sites preserved among H1N1, H3N2 and H5N1 influenzas. Since then the evidence for cross-protective antibodies in humans has been accumulating. Now proposed is a rationale to stimulate and enhance pre-existing heterotypic humoral responses that, together with cell-mediated initiatives, will deliver pre-emptive and universal human protection against emerging epidemic and pandemic influenzas.Immunology and Cell Biology advance online publication, 7 June 2011; doi:10.1038/icb.2011.38.

PMID:
21647170
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21647170
 
Back
Top Bottom