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Aberrant IgG2 antibody response to Neisseria Meningitidis polysaccharide A after vaccination in frequently infected compared to healthy IgA-deficient individuals

Friman, V ; Hahn-Zoric, M ; Bjorkander, J ; Oxelius, Vivi-Anne LU and Hanson, LA (2004) In Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 60(3). p.292-298
Abstract
In search for a possible explanation of the phenotypic heterogeneity in selective immunoglobulin (Ig)A deficiency, we studied the IgG2 antibody response to meningococcal polysaccharide A (PSA) in IgA-deficient (IgAd) individuals after vaccination with meningococcal A + C polysaccharide vaccine. Two groups of IgAd individuals, one frequently infected and one clinically apparently healthy, as well as healthy controls, were studied. In response to meningococcal A + C polysaccharide vaccine, a significant titre increase of specific IgG2 anti-PSA was found in 71% of the control individuals, in 50% of the healthy and in 42% of the infection-prone IgAd individuals. The specific IgG2 response against meningococcal PSA was significantly lower in... (More)
In search for a possible explanation of the phenotypic heterogeneity in selective immunoglobulin (Ig)A deficiency, we studied the IgG2 antibody response to meningococcal polysaccharide A (PSA) in IgA-deficient (IgAd) individuals after vaccination with meningococcal A + C polysaccharide vaccine. Two groups of IgAd individuals, one frequently infected and one clinically apparently healthy, as well as healthy controls, were studied. In response to meningococcal A + C polysaccharide vaccine, a significant titre increase of specific IgG2 anti-PSA was found in 71% of the control individuals, in 50% of the healthy and in 42% of the infection-prone IgAd individuals. The specific IgG2 response against meningococcal PSA was significantly lower in the infection-prone IgAd individuals compared to the controls (P < 0.05). Among the IgAd individuals who responded with a significant IgG2 antibody increase, the IgG2 antibody response was significantly lower in the infection-prone than in the healthy IgAd individuals (P < 0.05). Thus, a limited capacity to mount a specific IgG2 response may suggest a more profound antibody maturation defect in infection-prone IgAd patients compared to healthy IgAd individuals. (Less)
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Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
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60
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292 - 298
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10.1111/j.0300-9475.2004.01459.x
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  abstract     = {{In search for a possible explanation of the phenotypic heterogeneity in selective immunoglobulin (Ig)A deficiency, we studied the IgG2 antibody response to meningococcal polysaccharide A (PSA) in IgA-deficient (IgAd) individuals after vaccination with meningococcal A + C polysaccharide vaccine. Two groups of IgAd individuals, one frequently infected and one clinically apparently healthy, as well as healthy controls, were studied. In response to meningococcal A + C polysaccharide vaccine, a significant titre increase of specific IgG2 anti-PSA was found in 71% of the control individuals, in 50% of the healthy and in 42% of the infection-prone IgAd individuals. The specific IgG2 response against meningococcal PSA was significantly lower in the infection-prone IgAd individuals compared to the controls (P &lt; 0.05). Among the IgAd individuals who responded with a significant IgG2 antibody increase, the IgG2 antibody response was significantly lower in the infection-prone than in the healthy IgAd individuals (P &lt; 0.05). Thus, a limited capacity to mount a specific IgG2 response may suggest a more profound antibody maturation defect in infection-prone IgAd patients compared to healthy IgAd individuals.}},
  author       = {{Friman, V and Hahn-Zoric, M and Bjorkander, J and Oxelius, Vivi-Anne and Hanson, LA}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
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  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Scandinavian Journal of Immunology}},
  title        = {{Aberrant IgG2 antibody response to Neisseria Meningitidis polysaccharide A after vaccination in frequently infected compared to healthy IgA-deficient individuals}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0300-9475.2004.01459.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.0300-9475.2004.01459.x}},
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