Genetic Variants Within the MHC Region Are Associated with Immune Responsiveness to Childhood Vaccinations☆
HHS Public Access Author manuscript Author Manuscript Author ManuscriptVaccine Author Manuscript. Author manuscript; Author Manuscript available in PMC 2015 November 10. Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2013 November 4; 31(46): 5381–5391. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.09.026. Genetic variants within the MHC region are associated with immune responsiveness to childhood vaccinations☆ Berran Yucesoya,*, Yerkebulan Talzhanovb, Victor J. Johnsonc, Nevin W. Wilsond, Raymond E. Biaginie, Wei Wanga, Bonnie Fryea, David N. Weissmanf, Dori R. Germolecg, Michael I. Lusterh, and Michael M. Barmadab aToxicology and Molecular Biology Branch, CDC/NIOSH, Morgantown, WV, USA bDepartment of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA cBRT-Burleson Research Technologies, Morrisville, NC, USA dDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA eBiomonitoring and Health Assessment Branch, CDC/NIOSH, Cincinnati, OH, USA fDivision of Respiratory Diseases Studies, CDC/NIOSH, Morgantown, WV, USA gToxicology Branch, DNTP/NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA hSchool of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA Abstract The influence of genetic variability within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region on variations in immune responses to childhood vaccination was investigated. The study group consisted of 135 healthy infants who had been immunized with hepatitis B (HBV), 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate (PCV7), and diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccines according to standard childhood immunization schedules. Genotype analysis was performed on genomic DNA using Illumina Goldengate MHC panels (Mapping and Exon Centric). At the 1 year post vaccination check-up total, isotypic, and antigen-specific serum antibody levels were measured using multiplex immunoassays.
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