对BCG疫苗接种的先天性和适应性反应的多omics分析揭示了预测训练免疫力的表观遗传细胞状态
Simone J C F M Moorlag1, Lukas Folkman2, Rob Ter Horst3
1Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Immunity
|January 10, 2024
概括
细菌卡尔梅特 - 格林 (BCG) 疫苗接种增强了特定个体的先天免疫反应,揭示了训练免疫力的变化. 这项研究确定了在大型人类队列中影响BCG免疫反应的遗传和表观遗传因素.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
背景情况:
- 免疫反应表现出显著的个体间变异性.
- 训练免疫力是一种先天免疫记忆的形式,可以通过像Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) 这样的疫苗来诱导.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究训练免疫力的人口变异.
- 为了确定BCG疫苗接种后免疫反应的遗传和表观遗传预测因素.
主要方法:
- 健康个体 (n=323) 用BCG进行免疫接种.
- 在90天内生成个人免疫概况和染色质可访问性地图.
- 进行了遗传和表观遗传分析,以与免疫反应相关联.
主要成果:
- 接种BCG疫苗诱导了训练有素的免疫力,个人之间存在显著差异.
- 遗传和表观遗传因素被确定为基线免疫和反应的预测因素.
- 增强的先天免疫反应被观察到,特别是在基线时具有休眠免疫状态的个体中.
结论:
- 在人群中,BCG疫苗接种的异质免疫刺激作用和训练免疫力有很大差异.
- 表观遗传状态对于将免疫功能与宿主基因型和环境因素联系起来至关重要.
- 了解个体免疫变异是优化疫苗策略的关键.
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