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Cell Host Microbe. 2021 Dec 08;29(12):1828-1837.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.10.009. Epub 2021 Nov 15.

Human influenza virus challenge identifies cellular correlates of protection for oral vaccination.

Cell host & microbe

David R McIlwain, Han Chen, Zainab Rahil, Neda Hajiakhoond Bidoki, Sizun Jiang, Zach Bjornson, Nikita S Kolhatkar, C Josefina Martinez, Brice Gaudillière, Julien Hedou, Nilanjan Mukherjee, Christian M Schürch, Angelica Trejo, Melton Affrime, Bonnie Bock, Kenneth Kim, David Liebowitz, Nima Aghaeepour, Sean N Tucker, Garry P Nolan

Affiliations

  1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; WCCT Global, Cypress, CA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
  3. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
  4. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
  5. Vaxart, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.
  6. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
  7. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital and Comprehensive Cancer Center Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
  8. WCCT Global, Cypress, CA, USA.
  9. Ark Clinical Research, LLC, Long Beach, CA, USA.
  10. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
  11. Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.

PMID: 34784508 PMCID: PMC8665113 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.10.009

Abstract

Developing new influenza vaccines with improved performance and easier administration routes hinges on defining correlates of protection. Vaccine-elicited cellular correlates of protection for influenza in humans have not yet been demonstrated. A phase-2 double-blind randomized placebo and active (inactivated influenza vaccine) controlled study provides evidence that a human-adenovirus-5-based oral influenza vaccine tablet (VXA-A1.1) can protect from H1N1 virus challenge in humans. Mass cytometry characterization of vaccine-elicited cellular immune responses identified shared and vaccine-type-specific responses across B and T cells. For VXA-A1.1, the abundance of hemagglutinin-specific plasmablasts and plasmablasts positive for integrin α4β7, phosphorylated STAT5, or lacking expression of CD62L at day 8 were significantly correlated with protection from developing viral shedding following virus challenge at day 90 and contributed to an effective machine learning model of protection. These findings reveal the characteristics of vaccine-elicited cellular correlates of protection for an oral influenza vaccine.

Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: CyTOF; cellular immunity; correlates of protection; influenza challenge study; influenza vaccine; mass cytometry

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of interests The authors declare the following competing interests: S.N.T., D.L., N.S.K., and C.J.M. are current or former employees of Vaxart Inc. G.P.N. and D.R.M. have received research

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