T Cell Responses to Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Vaccine SLVP020

Summary

In this study the investigators are trying to identify immune signatures that are associated with effective or poor vaccine responses to naturally-acquired herpes zoster virus and the zoster (shingles) vaccine, Zostavax.

Timeline

Start

2010-09

Primary completion

2011-12

Completion

2011-12

Publications

• Background Wang C, Liu Y, Cavanagh MM, Le Saux S, Qi Q, Roskin KM, Looney TJ, Lee JY, Dixit V, Dekker CL, Swan GE, Goronzy JJ, Boyd SD. B-cell repertoire responses to varicella-zoster vaccination in human identical twins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jan 13;112(2):500-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1415875112. Epub 2014 Dec 22.
• Background Fang F, Yu M, Cavanagh MM, Hutter Saunders J, Qi Q, Ye Z, Le Saux S, Sultan W, Turgano E, Dekker CL, Tian L, Weyand CM, Goronzy JJ. Expression of CD39 on Activated T Cells Impairs their Survival in Older Individuals. Cell Rep. 2016 Feb 9;14(5):1218-1231. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.01.002. Epub 2016 Jan 28.
• Background Qi Q, Cavanagh MM, Le Saux S, NamKoong H, Kim C, Turgano E, Liu Y, Wang C, Mackey S, Swan GE, Dekker CL, Olshen RA, Boyd SD, Weyand CM, Tian L, Goronzy JJ. Diversification of the antigen-specific T cell receptor repertoire after varicella zoster vaccination. Sci Transl Med. 2016 Mar 30;8(332):332ra46. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf1725.
• Background Qi Q, Cavanagh MM, Le Saux S, Wagar LE, Mackey S, Hu J, Maecker H, Swan GE, Davis MM, Dekker CL, Tian L, Weyand CM, Goronzy JJ. Defective T Memory Cell Differentiation after Varicella Zoster Vaccination in Older Individuals. PLoS Pathog. 2016 Oct 20;12(10):e1005892. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005892. eCollection 2016 Oct.

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