eJHaem (Jun 2024)

Immune profiling of responses to influenza vaccination in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms

  • Petra Bachanová,
  • Joan How,
  • Richard Dzeng,
  • Sonia Mukherjee,
  • Maia Pavlovic,
  • Jennifer Lombardi,
  • Gabriela Hobbs,
  • Patrick M. Reeves

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/jha2.868
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 3
pp. 573 – 577

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Abstract Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are associated with immune dysregulation and increased susceptibility to infection, emphasizing the importance of vaccination for patients. This pilot study evaluated immune responses to influenza vaccination in MPN patients compared with healthy donors using mass cytometry and serology. We observed diminished CXCR5+ B‐cell, CXCR3+ T‐cell, activated CD127+ memory T‐cell subsets, and a trend toward lower hemagglutinin inhibition titer in MPN patients. These results indicate that patients with MPN exhibit distinct responses to influenza vaccination suggestive of impaired migration to lymphoid organs and T‐cell maturation which may impact the development of protective immunity.

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