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Accession IconGSE144826

Antigen-stimulated PBMC transcriptional signatures of protection upon malaria sporozoite and RTS,S/AS01E immunizations

Organism Icon Homo sapiens
Sample Icon 878 Downloadable Samples
Technology Badge Icon Affymetrix Human Gene 2.1 ST Array (hugene21st)

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Identifying immune correlates of protection and mechanisms of immunity accelerates and streamlines the development of vaccines. RTS,S/AS01E, the most advanced malaria vaccine, has moderate efficacy in African children. In contrast, immunization with sporozoites under antimalarial chemoprophylaxis (CPS immunization) can provide 100% sterile protection in naïve adults. We used systems biology approaches to identify correlates of vaccine-induced immunity based on transcriptomes of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from subjects immunized with RTS,S/AS01E or chemo-attenuated sporozoites stimulated with parasite antigens in vitro. Specifically, we used samples of subjects from two age cohorts and 3 African countries participating in an RTS,S/AS01E pediatric phase 3 trial and malaria-naïve subjects participating in a CPS trial. We identified both pre-immunization and post-immunization transcriptomic signatures correlating with protection. Signatures were validated in independent children and infants from the RTS,S/AS01E phase 3 trial and subjects from an independent CPS trial with high accuracies (>70%). Transcription modules revealed interferon, NF-B, TLR, and monocyte-related signatures associated with protection. Pre-immunization signatures suggest the potential for strategies to prime the immune system before vaccination towards improving vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy. Finally, signatures of protection could be useful to determine efficacy in clinical trials, accelerating vaccine candidate testing. Nevertheless, signatures should be tested more extensively across multiple cohorts and trials to demonstrate their universal predictive capacity.
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