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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2024

Sex differences in immune protection in mice conferred by heterologous vaccines for pneumonic plague.

Michael L Davies, Sergei S Biryukov, Nathaniel O Rill, Christopher P Klimko, Melissa Hunter, Jennifer L Dankmeyer, Jeremy A Miller, Jennifer L Shoe, Kevin D Mlynek, Yuli Talyansky and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Michael L DaviesBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Sergei S BiryukovBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Nathaniel O RillBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Christopher P KlimkoBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Melissa HunterBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Jennifer L DankmeyerBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Jeremy A MillerBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Jennifer L ShoeBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Kevin D MlynekBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Yuli TalyanskyBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Ronald G ToothmanBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Ju QiuRegulated Research Administration: Biostatistics Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Joel A BozueBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.
Christopher K CoteBacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Methods: In this study we evaluated novel vaccines in male and female BALB/c mice using a heterologous prime-boost approach and monitored survival, bacterial load in organs, and immunological correlates. Our vaccine strategy consisted of two subcutaneous immunizations, followed by challenge with aerosolized virulent nonencapsulated Results: The most effective vaccine regimen was initial priming with rF1-V, followed by boost with either of the live attenuated strains. However, this and other strategies were more protective in female mice. Males had higher bacterial burden and differing patterns of cytokine expression and serum antibody titers. Male mice did not demonstrate synergy between vaccination and antibiotic treatment as repeatedly observed in female mice. Conclusions: This study provides new knowledge about heterologous vaccine strategies, sex differences in plague-vaccine efficacy, and the immunological factors that differ between male and female mice.

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Mice, Inbred BALB CPlaguePlague VaccineYersinia pestisAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialDisease Models, AnimalFemaleMaleMiceSex CharacteristicsSex FactorsVaccine EfficacyAntibodies, BacterialPlague VaccineF1-Vlive attenuated vaccinemiceplaguepneumonicprime-boost immunizationsex differencesYersinia pestis

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PMID38835755
PMCPMC11148226

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