PMID- 34975881 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220208 LR - 20220208 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2021 TI - FcgammaR Genetic Variation and HIV-1 Vaccine Efficacy: Context And Considerations. PG - 788203 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2021.788203 [doi] LID - 788203 AB - Receptors for the crystallisable fragment (Fc) of immunoglobulin (Ig) G, Fcgamma receptors (FcgammaRs), link the humoral and cellular arms of the immune response, providing a diverse armamentarium of antimicrobial effector functions. Findings from HIV-1 vaccine efficacy trials highlight the need for further study of Fc-FcR interactions in understanding what may constitute vaccine-induced protective immunity. These include host genetic correlates identified within the low affinity Fcgamma-receptor locus in three HIV-1 efficacy trials - VAX004, RV144, and HVTN 505. This perspective summarizes our present knowledge of FcgammaR genetics in the context of findings from HIV-1 efficacy trials, and draws on genetic variation described in other contexts, such as mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission and HIV-1 disease progression, to explore the potential contribution of FcgammaR variability in modulating different HIV-1 vaccine efficacy outcomes. Appreciating the complexity and the importance of the collective contribution of variation within the FCGR gene locus is important for understanding the role of FcgammaRs in protection against HIV-1 acquisition. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Lassauniere and Tiemessen. FAU - Lassauniere, Ria AU - Lassauniere R AD - Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Tiemessen, Caroline T AU - Tiemessen CT AD - Centre for HIV and STI's, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa. AD - Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20211215 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (AIDS Vaccines) RN - 0 (Receptors, IgG) SB - IM MH - AIDS Vaccines/*immunology MH - Clinical Trials as Topic MH - Genetic Variation MH - HIV-1/*immunology MH - Haplotypes MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Receptors, IgG/*genetics MH - Vaccine Efficacy PMC - PMC8714752 OTO - NOTNLM OT - FCGR genes OT - Fc gamma receptor (FcgammaR) OT - HIV - human immunodeficiency virus OT - copy number OT - disease progression OT - polymorphism OT - vaccine OT - variant COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/01/04 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/09 06:00 PMCR- 2021/01/01 CRDT- 2022/01/03 05:38 PHST- 2021/10/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/11/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/03 05:38 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2021.788203 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2021 Dec 15;12:788203. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.788203. eCollection 2021.