PMID- 24513009 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140820 LR - 20220316 IS - 1873-2518 (Electronic) IS - 0264-410X (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 15 DP - 2014 Mar 26 TI - The link between genetic variation and variability in vaccine responses: systematic review and meta-analyses. PG - 1661-9 LID - S0264-410X(14)00109-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.057 [doi] AB - Although immune response to vaccines can be influenced by several parameters, human genetic variations are thought to strongly influence the variability in vaccine responsiveness. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are needed to clarify the genetic contribution to this variability, which may affect the efficacy of existing vaccines. We performed a systematic literature search to identify all studies describing the associations of allelic variants or single nucleotide polymorphisms in immune response genes with vaccine responses until July 2013. The studies fulfilling inclusion criteria were meta-analyzed. Thirteen studies (11,686 subjects) evaluated the associations of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and other immunity gene variations with the responses to single vaccines, including MMR-II (measles and rubella virus), HepB (hepatitis virus), influenza virus, and MenC (serogroup C meningococcus) vaccines. Seven HLA genetic variants were included in the meta-analyses. The pooled ORs showed that DRB1*07 (2.46 [95% CI=1.60-3.77]; P for heterogeneity=0.117; I(2)=49.1%), DQA1*02:01 (2.21 [95% CI=1.22-4.00]; P for heterogeneity=0.995; I(2)=0.0%), DQB1*02:01 (2.03 [95% CI=1.35-3.07]; P for heterogeneity=0.449; I(2)=0.0%), and DQB1*03:03 (3.31 [95% CI=1.12-9.78]; P for heterogeneity=0.188; I(2)=42.4%) were associated with a significant decrease of antibody responses to MMR-II, HepB, and influenza vaccines. The pooled ORs showed that DRB1*13 (0.52 [95% CI=0.32-0.84]; P for heterogeneity=0.001; I(2)=85.1%) and DRB1*13:01 (0.19 [95% CI=0.06-0.58]; P for heterogeneity=0.367; I(2)=0.0%) were associated with a significant increase of antibody responses to the above vaccines. While our findings reinforce the concept that individuals with a particular HLA allelic composition are more likely to respond efficiently to vaccines, future studies should be encouraged to further elucidate the link between genetic variation and variability of the human immune response to vaccines. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Posteraro, Brunella AU - Posteraro B AD - Institute of Public Health, Section of Hygiene, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome 00168, Italy. FAU - Pastorino, Roberta AU - Pastorino R AD - Institute of Public Health, Section of Hygiene, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome 00168, Italy. FAU - Di Giannantonio, Paolo AU - Di Giannantonio P AD - Institute of Public Health, Section of Hygiene, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome 00168, Italy. FAU - Ianuale, Carolina AU - Ianuale C AD - Institute of Public Health, Section of Hygiene, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome 00168, Italy. FAU - Amore, Rosarita AU - Amore R AD - Institute of Public Health, Section of Hygiene, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome 00168, Italy. FAU - Ricciardi, Walter AU - Ricciardi W AD - Institute of Public Health, Section of Hygiene, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome 00168, Italy. Electronic address: wricciardi@rm.unicatt.it. FAU - Boccia, Stefania AU - Boccia S AD - Institute of Public Health, Section of Hygiene, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome 00168, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Review PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20140207 PL - Netherlands TA - Vaccine JT - Vaccine JID - 8406899 RN - 0 (HLA-DQ Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DRB1 Chains) RN - 0 (Vaccines) SB - IM MH - Antibody Formation/*genetics MH - HLA-DQ Antigens/*genetics MH - HLA-DRB1 Chains/*genetics MH - Humans MH - *Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Vaccines/*immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Genetic polymorphism OT - Human leukocyte antigen OT - Immune response OT - Meta-analysis OT - Systematic review OT - Vaccine responsiveness EDAT- 2014/02/12 06:00 MHDA- 2014/08/21 06:00 CRDT- 2014/02/12 06:00 PHST- 2013/04/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/12/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/01/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/02/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/02/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/08/21 06:00 [medline] AID - S0264-410X(14)00109-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.057 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vaccine. 2014 Mar 26;32(15):1661-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.057. Epub 2014 Feb 7.