BACKGROUND: Genetic association studies demonstrated a role for cytokine proteins and cytokine or cytokine receptor gene polymorphisms in smallpox vaccine-induced adaptive immunity. METHODS: We examined the association of genetic polymorphisms with cellular (interferon [IFN] γ enzyme-linked immunospot assay [ELISPOT]) immune response to smallpox vaccine in 1076 immunized individuals. RESULTS: The majority of significant associations were discovered between single-nucleotide polymorphisms/haplotypes in IL18R1 and IL18 genes, in which we previously reported an association with vaccinia virus-induced neutralizing antibody titers in this study cohort. A functional coding IL18R1 polymorphism (rs1035130/Phe251Phe; P = .01) was significantly associated with an allele dose-related increase in IFN-γ production and was also associated with vaccinia-specific neutralizing antibody titers. Significant associations were also found between IL18R1 haplotypes and variations in IFN-γ ELISPOT responses (global P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest the importance of variants in the IL18R1 and IL18 genetic loci for broad-based smallpox vaccine-induced adaptive immunity.
BACKGROUND: Genetic association studies demonstrated a role for cytokine proteins and cytokine or cytokine receptor gene polymorphisms in smallpox vaccine-induced adaptive immunity. METHODS: We examined the association of genetic polymorphisms with cellular (interferon [IFN] γ enzyme-linked immunospot assay [ELISPOT]) immune response to smallpox vaccine in 1076 immunized individuals. RESULTS: The majority of significant associations were discovered between single-nucleotide polymorphisms/haplotypes in IL18R1 and IL18 genes, in which we previously reported an association with vaccinia virus-induced neutralizing antibody titers in this study cohort. A functional coding IL18R1 polymorphism (rs1035130/Phe251Phe; P = .01) was significantly associated with an allele dose-related increase in IFN-γ production and was also associated with vaccinia-specific neutralizing antibody titers. Significant associations were also found between IL18R1 haplotypes and variations in IFN-γ ELISPOT responses (global P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest the importance of variants in the IL18R1 and IL18 genetic loci for broad-based smallpox vaccine-induced adaptive immunity.
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