PMID- 26504526 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20151027 LR - 20220330 IS - 2052-4897 (Print) IS - 2052-4897 (Electronic) IS - 2052-4897 (Linking) VI - 3 IP - 1 DP - 2015 TI - Predictors of the antibody response to influenza vaccination in older adults with type 2 diabetes. PG - e000140 LID - 10.1136/bmjdrc-2015-000140 [doi] LID - e000140 AB - OBJECTIVE: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most prevalent chronic inflammatory diseases of the elderly. Its development is related to the alteration of the immune system with aging characterized by immunosenescence and inflamm-aging. In turn, T2DM also alters the immune response. As a consequence, older people with T2DM are more susceptible to influenza and to its complications as compared with healthy controls. Vaccination against influenza has shown poor efficacy in the older population and even less efficacy in patients with diabetes. We studied here the antibody response to vaccination in healthy and diabetic elderly participants. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: In 2 groups of elderly participants (healthy N=119 and T2DM N=102), we measured the immunogenicity of influenza vaccine by hemagglutination inhibition assays. We assessed several blood and functional parameters as potential predictors of the vaccine efficacy. RESULTS: We found no difference between antibody responses in diabetic elderly compared with healthy elderly. Among the biological and functional determinants, the cytomegalovirus (CMV) serostatus played a more prominent role in determining the magnitude of response. We concluded that in addition to age and diabetic status, immunological history such as CMV status should be taken into account. None of the other biological or functional parameters studied could be reliably linked to the vaccine antibody response in older adults who are not frail including those with well-controlled diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: Our data strongly suggest that influenza vaccine should be administered to elderly patients with T2DM; however, the immune determinants of the antibody response to influenza vaccination should be further investigated. FAU - McElhaney, Janet E AU - McElhaney JE AD - Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada , Sudbury, Ontario , Canada. FAU - Garneau, Hugo AU - Garneau H AD - Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine , Research Center on Aging, University of Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke, Quebec , Canada. FAU - Camous, Xavier AU - Camous X AD - Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Biopolis , Agency for Science Technology and Research (ASTAR) , Singapore. FAU - Dupuis, Gilles AU - Dupuis G AD - Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine , Research Center on Aging, University of Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke, Quebec , Canada. FAU - Pawelec, Graham AU - Pawelec G AD - Center for Medical Research, University of Tuebingen , Tuebingen , Germany. FAU - Baehl, Sarra AU - Baehl S AD - Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine , Research Center on Aging, University of Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke, Quebec , Canada. FAU - Tessier, Daniel AU - Tessier D AD - Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine , Research Center on Aging, University of Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke, Quebec , Canada. FAU - Frost, Eric H AU - Frost EH AD - Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases , University of Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke, Quebec , Canada. FAU - Frasca, Daniela AU - Frasca D AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology , University of Miami Miller School of Medicine , Miami, Florida , USA. FAU - Larbi, Anis AU - Larbi A AD - Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Biopolis , Agency for Science Technology and Research (ASTAR) , Singapore. FAU - Fulop, Tamas AU - Fulop T AD - Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine , Research Center on Aging, University of Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke, Quebec , Canada. LA - eng GR - R21 AG042826/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AI096446/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20151013 PL - England TA - BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care JT - BMJ open diabetes research & care JID - 101641391 PMC - PMC4611872 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Aging OT - Biomarkers OT - Inflammation OT - Vaccination EDAT- 2015/10/28 06:00 MHDA- 2015/10/28 06:01 PMCR- 2015/10/13 CRDT- 2015/10/28 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/09/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/09/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/10/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/10/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/10/28 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/10/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - bmjdrc-2015-000140 [pii] AID - 10.1136/bmjdrc-2015-000140 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2015 Oct 13;3(1):e000140. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2015-000140. eCollection 2015.