PMID- 15603879 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050331 LR - 20141120 IS - 0198-8859 (Print) IS - 0198-8859 (Linking) VI - 65 IP - 12 DP - 2004 Dec TI - The contribution of HLA class I antigens in immune status following two doses of rubella vaccination. PG - 1506-15 AB - The variability of humoral and cellular immune responses modulated by human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes is a significant factor in the protective effect of rubella vaccines. We performed HLA class I typing in a group of 346 healthy schoolchildren and young adults who previously received two doses of measles-mumps-rubella-II vaccine. Rubella virus-specific humoral (serum antibody) immunity and cell-mediated immunity (lymphocyte proliferation) were assessed. Median values for antibody levels and stimulation indices (SI) were 38.63 IU/ml and 2.29 IU/ml, respectively. The alleles that provided suggestive, but not conclusive, evidence of HLA association with rubella seropositivity were HLA-B*2705 (median, 24.68 IU/ml; p = 0.160), B*4501 (median, 61.22 IU/ml; p = 0.098), Cw*0303 (median, 30.34 IU/ml; p = 0.102) and Cw*0704 (median, 26.58 IU/ml; p = 0.144). These alleles approach, but do not achieve, statistical significance. Of all the alleles analyzed, HLA-B*3503 (median SI, 3.00; p = 0.031) and HLA-Cw*1502 (median SI, 3.19; p = 0.035) were positively associated with lymphoproliferative responses to rubella virus antigens, whereas the HLA-B*3901 (SI, 1.34; p = 0.066) allele was negatively associated. This suggests that class I HLA alleles may have limited associations with humoral and cellular immune responses to rubella vaccine. These data may facilitate our understanding of immune response variation in a genetically outbred heterogeneous population. FAU - Ovsyannikova, Inna G AU - Ovsyannikova IG AD - Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. FAU - Jacobson, Robert M AU - Jacobson RM FAU - Vierkant, Robert A AU - Vierkant RA FAU - Jacobsen, Steven J AU - Jacobsen SJ FAU - Pankratz, V Shane AU - Pankratz VS FAU - Poland, Gregory A AU - Poland GA LA - eng GR - AI 33144/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI 48793/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Hum Immunol JT - Human immunology JID - 8010936 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Viral) RN - 0 (HLA-A Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-B Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-C Antigens) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine) RN - 0 (Rubella Vaccine) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Alleles MH - Antibodies, Viral/blood MH - Child MH - Female MH - Genes, MHC Class I MH - HLA-A Antigens/genetics MH - HLA-B Antigens/genetics MH - HLA-C Antigens/genetics MH - *Histocompatibility Antigens Class I MH - Histocompatibility Testing MH - Humans MH - Immunity, Cellular MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Male MH - Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine/administration & dosage/immunology MH - Rubella Vaccine/*administration & dosage/*immunology MH - Rubella virus/immunology EDAT- 2004/12/18 09:00 MHDA- 2005/04/01 09:00 CRDT- 2004/12/18 09:00 PHST- 2004/03/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/07/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2004/07/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/12/18 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/04/01 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/12/18 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0198-8859(04)00156-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.humimm.2004.07.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Immunol. 2004 Dec;65(12):1506-15. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2004.07.001.