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  1. Article ; Online: Host restriction, pathogenesis and chronic carriage of typhoidal Salmonella.

    J Barton, Amber / Hill, Jennifer / J Blohmke, Christoph / J Pollard, Andrew

    FEMS microbiology reviews

    2021  Volume 45, Issue 5

    Abstract: While conjugate vaccines against typhoid fever have recently been recommended by the World Health Organization for deployment, the lack of a vaccine against paratyphoid, multidrug resistance and chronic carriage all present challenges for the elimination ...

    Abstract While conjugate vaccines against typhoid fever have recently been recommended by the World Health Organization for deployment, the lack of a vaccine against paratyphoid, multidrug resistance and chronic carriage all present challenges for the elimination of enteric fever. In the past decade, the development of in vitro and human challenge models has resulted in major advances in our understanding of enteric fever pathogenesis. In this review, we summarise these advances, outlining mechanisms of host restriction, intestinal invasion, interactions with innate immunity and chronic carriage, and discuss how this knowledge may progress future vaccines and antimicrobials.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Salmonella ; Salmonella paratyphi A ; Salmonella typhi ; Typhoid Fever/prevention & control ; Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines
    Chemical Substances Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-18
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 283740-7
    ISSN 1574-6976 ; 0168-6445
    ISSN (online) 1574-6976
    ISSN 0168-6445
    DOI 10.1093/femsre/fuab014
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  2. Article ; Online: Early transcriptional responses to human enteric fever challenge.

    Barton, Amber / Hill, Jennifer / O'Connor, Daniel / Jones, Claire / Jones, Elizabeth / Camara, Susana / Shrestha, Sonu / Jin, Celina / Gibani, Malick M / Dobinson, Hazel C / Waddington, Claire / Darton, Thomas C / Blohmke, Christoph J / Pollard, Andrew J

    Infection and immunity

    2023  Volume 91, Issue 10, Page(s) e0010823

    Abstract: Enteric fever, caused by oral infection with ... ...

    Abstract Enteric fever, caused by oral infection with typhoidal
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Typhoid Fever/prevention & control ; Salmonella typhi/genetics ; Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines ; Vaccines, Attenuated ; Vaccination
    Chemical Substances Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines ; Vaccines, Attenuated
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 218698-6
    ISSN 1098-5522 ; 0019-9567
    ISSN (online) 1098-5522
    ISSN 0019-9567
    DOI 10.1128/iai.00108-23
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  3. Article ; Online: Molecular correlates of vaccine-induced protection against typhoid fever.

    Zhu, Henderson / Chelysheva, Irina / Cross, Deborah L / Blackwell, Luke / Jin, Celina / Gibani, Malick M / Jones, Elizabeth / Hill, Jennifer / Trück, Johannes / Kelly, Dominic F / Blohmke, Christoph J / Pollard, Andrew J / O'Connor, Daniel

    The Journal of clinical investigation

    2023  Volume 133, Issue 16

    Abstract: BACKGROUNDTyphoid fever is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and poses a substantial public health burden worldwide. Vaccines have been developed based on the surface Vi-capsular polysaccharide of S. Typhi; these ... ...

    Abstract BACKGROUNDTyphoid fever is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and poses a substantial public health burden worldwide. Vaccines have been developed based on the surface Vi-capsular polysaccharide of S. Typhi; these include a plain-polysaccharide-based vaccine, ViPS, and a glycoconjugate vaccine, ViTT. To understand immune responses to these vaccines and their vaccine-induced immunological protection, molecular signatures were analyzed using bioinformatic approaches.METHODSBulk RNA-Seq data were generated from blood samples obtained from adult human volunteers enrolled in a vaccine trial, who were then challenged with S. Typhi in a controlled human infection model (CHIM). These data were used to conduct differential gene expression analyses, gene set and modular analyses, B cell repertoire analyses, and time-course analyses at various post-vaccination and post-challenge time points between participants receiving ViTT, ViPS, or a control meningococcal vaccine.RESULTSTranscriptomic responses revealed strong differential molecular signatures between the 2 typhoid vaccines, mostly driven by the upregulation in humoral immune signatures, including selective usage of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (IGHV) genes and more polarized clonal expansions. We describe several molecular correlates of protection against S. Typhi infection, including clusters of B cell receptor (BCR) clonotypes associated with protection, with known binders of Vi-polysaccharide among these.CONCLUSIONThe study reports a series of contemporary analyses that reveal the transcriptomic signatures after vaccination and infectious challenge, while identifying molecular correlates of protection that may inform future vaccine design and assessment.TRIAL REGISTRATIONClinicalTrials.gov NCT02324751.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Polysaccharides, Bacterial/genetics ; Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell ; Salmonella typhi/genetics ; Typhoid Fever/prevention & control ; Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines/genetics ; Vaccination
    Chemical Substances Polysaccharides, Bacterial ; Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell ; Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Clinical Trial ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 3067-3
    ISSN 1558-8238 ; 0021-9738
    ISSN (online) 1558-8238
    ISSN 0021-9738
    DOI 10.1172/JCI169676
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  4. Article ; Online: The Current Status of Enteric Fever Diagnostics and Implications for Disease Control.

    Baker, Stephen / Blohmke, Christoph J / Maes, Mailis / Johnston, Peter I / Darton, Thomas C

    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    2020  Volume 71, Issue Suppl 2, Page(s) S64–S70

    Abstract: Enteric (typhoid) fever remains a problem in low- and middle-income countries that lack the infrastructure to maintain sanitation and where inadequate diagnostic methods have restricted our ability to identify and control the disease more effectively. As ...

    Abstract Enteric (typhoid) fever remains a problem in low- and middle-income countries that lack the infrastructure to maintain sanitation and where inadequate diagnostic methods have restricted our ability to identify and control the disease more effectively. As we move into a period of potential disease elimination through the introduction of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV), we again need to reconsider the role of typhoid diagnostics in how they can aid in facilitating disease control. Recent technological advances, including serology, transcriptomics, and metabolomics, have provided new insights into how we can detect signatures of invasive Salmonella organisms interacting with the host during infection. Many of these new techniques exhibit potential that could be further explored with the aim of creating a new enteric fever diagnostic to work in conjunction with TCV. We need a sustained effort within the enteric fever field to accelerate, validate, and ultimately introduce 1 (or more) of these methods to facilitate the disease control initiative. The window of opportunity is still open, but we need to recognize the need for communication with other research areas and commercial organizations to assist in the progression of these diagnostic approaches. The elimination of enteric fever is now becoming a real possibility, but new diagnostics need to be part of the equation and factored into future calculations for disease control.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Salmonella typhi ; Sanitation ; Typhoid Fever/diagnosis ; Typhoid Fever/epidemiology ; Typhoid Fever/prevention & control ; Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines ; Vaccines, Conjugate
    Chemical Substances Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines ; Vaccines, Conjugate
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-05-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1099781-7
    ISSN 1537-6591 ; 1058-4838
    ISSN (online) 1537-6591
    ISSN 1058-4838
    DOI 10.1093/cid/ciaa503
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  5. Article ; Online: Genetic Susceptibility to Enteric Fever in Experimentally Challenged Human Volunteers.

    Barton, Amber / Hill, Jennifer / Bibi, Sagida / Chen, Liye / Jones, Claire / Jones, Elizabeth / Camara, Susana / Shrestha, Sonu / Jin, Celina / Gibani, Malick M / Dobinson, Hazel / Waddington, Claire / Darton, Thomas C / Blohmke, Christoph J / Pollard, Andrew J

    Infection and immunity

    2022  Volume 90, Issue 4, Page(s) e0038921

    Abstract: Infections with Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A cause an estimated 14 million cases of enteric fever annually. Here, the controlled nature of challenge studies is exploited to identify genetic variants associated with enteric fever ... ...

    Abstract Infections with Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A cause an estimated 14 million cases of enteric fever annually. Here, the controlled nature of challenge studies is exploited to identify genetic variants associated with enteric fever susceptibility. Human challenge participants were genotyped by Illumina OmniExpress-24 BeadChip array (
    MeSH term(s) Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Healthy Volunteers ; Humans ; Paratyphoid Fever ; Salmonella enterica ; Salmonella paratyphi A ; Salmonella typhi ; Typhoid Fever/genetics
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 218698-6
    ISSN 1098-5522 ; 0019-9567
    ISSN (online) 1098-5522
    ISSN 0019-9567
    DOI 10.1128/iai.00389-21
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  6. Article ; Online: Molecular correlates of vaccine-induced protection against typhoid fever

    Henderson Zhu / Irina Chelysheva / Deborah L. Cross / Luke Blackwell / Celina Jin / Malick M. Gibani / Elizabeth Jones / Jennifer Hill / Johannes Trück / Dominic F. Kelly / Christoph J. Blohmke / Andrew J. Pollard / Daniel O’Connor

    The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Vol 133, Iss

    2023  Volume 16

    Abstract: BACKGROUND Typhoid fever is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and poses a substantial public health burden worldwide. Vaccines have been developed based on the surface Vi-capsular polysaccharide of S. Typhi; these ... ...

    Abstract BACKGROUND Typhoid fever is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and poses a substantial public health burden worldwide. Vaccines have been developed based on the surface Vi-capsular polysaccharide of S. Typhi; these include a plain-polysaccharide-based vaccine, ViPS, and a glycoconjugate vaccine, ViTT. To understand immune responses to these vaccines and their vaccine-induced immunological protection, molecular signatures were analyzed using bioinformatic approaches.METHODS Bulk RNA-Seq data were generated from blood samples obtained from adult human volunteers enrolled in a vaccine trial, who were then challenged with S. Typhi in a controlled human infection model (CHIM). These data were used to conduct differential gene expression analyses, gene set and modular analyses, B cell repertoire analyses, and time-course analyses at various post-vaccination and post-challenge time points between participants receiving ViTT, ViPS, or a control meningococcal vaccine.RESULTS Transcriptomic responses revealed strong differential molecular signatures between the 2 typhoid vaccines, mostly driven by the upregulation in humoral immune signatures, including selective usage of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (IGHV) genes and more polarized clonal expansions. We describe several molecular correlates of protection against S. Typhi infection, including clusters of B cell receptor (BCR) clonotypes associated with protection, with known binders of Vi-polysaccharide among these.CONCLUSION The study reports a series of contemporary analyses that reveal the transcriptomic signatures after vaccination and infectious challenge, while identifying molecular correlates of protection that may inform future vaccine design and assessment.TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02324751.
    Keywords Vaccines ; Medicine ; R
    Subject code 616
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher American Society for Clinical Investigation
    Document type Article ; Online
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  7. Article: Transcriptomics in Human Challenge Models.

    Barton, Amber J / Hill, Jennifer / Pollard, Andrew J / Blohmke, Christoph J

    Frontiers in immunology

    2017  Volume 8, Page(s) 1839

    Abstract: Human challenge models, in which volunteers are experimentally infected with a pathogen of interest, provide the opportunity to directly identify both natural and vaccine-induced correlates of protection. In this review, we highlight how the application ... ...

    Abstract Human challenge models, in which volunteers are experimentally infected with a pathogen of interest, provide the opportunity to directly identify both natural and vaccine-induced correlates of protection. In this review, we highlight how the application of transcriptomics to human challenge studies allows for the identification of novel correlates and gives insight into the immunological pathways required to develop functional immunity. In malaria challenge trials for example, innate immune pathways appear to play a previously underappreciated role in conferring protective immunity. Transcriptomic analyses of samples obtained in human challenge studies can also deepen our understanding of the immune responses preceding symptom onset, allowing characterization of innate immunity and early gene signatures, which may influence disease outcome. Influenza challenge studies demonstrate that these gene signatures have diagnostic potential in the context of pandemics, in which presymptomatic diagnosis of at-risk individuals could allow early initiation of antiviral treatment and help limit transmission. Furthermore, gene expression analysis facilitates the identification of host factors contributing to disease susceptibility, such as
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2606827-8
    ISSN 1664-3224
    ISSN 1664-3224
    DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01839
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  8. Article ; Online: Dissecting

    Tondi, Serena / Clemente, Bruna / Esposito, Carmen / Sammicheli, Chiara / Tavarini, Simona / Martin, Laura B / Rossi, Omar / Micoli, Francesca / Bartolini, Erika / Brazzoli, Michela / Ulivieri, Cristina / Blohmke, Christoph J / Schiavetti, Francesca

    Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

    2022  Volume 12, Page(s) 767153

    Abstract: Generalized Modules for Membrane Antigens (GMMA) are outer membrane exosomes purified from Gram-negative bacteria genetically mutated to increase blebbing and reduce risk of reactogenicity. This is commonly achieved through modification of the lipid A ... ...

    Abstract Generalized Modules for Membrane Antigens (GMMA) are outer membrane exosomes purified from Gram-negative bacteria genetically mutated to increase blebbing and reduce risk of reactogenicity. This is commonly achieved through modification of the lipid A portion of lipopolysaccharide. GMMA faithfully resemble the bacterial outer membrane surface, and therefore represent a powerful and flexible platform for vaccine development. Although GMMA-based vaccines have been demonstrated to induce a strong and functional antibody response in animals and humans maintaining an acceptable reactogenicity profile, the overall impact on immune cells and their mode of action are still poorly understood. To characterize the GMMA-induced immune response, we stimulated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (hPBMCs) with GMMA from
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antigens, Bacterial ; Humans ; Immunity ; Leukocytes, Mononuclear ; Methylmethacrylates ; Shigella sonnei
    Chemical Substances Antigens, Bacterial ; Methylmethacrylates ; glyceryl methyl methacrylate
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-03
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2619676-1
    ISSN 2235-2988 ; 2235-2988
    ISSN (online) 2235-2988
    ISSN 2235-2988
    DOI 10.3389/fcimb.2022.767153
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  9. Article ; Online: The use of systems biology and immunological big data to guide vaccine development.

    Blohmke, Christoph J / O'Connor, Daniel / Pollard, Andrew J

    Genome medicine

    2015  Volume 7, Page(s) 114

    Abstract: High-throughput technologies applied to the analysis of vaccine responses are likely to reveal the mechanisms responsible for vaccine-induced protection, aid understanding of vaccine safety and help accelerate vaccine development and clinical trials. ...

    Abstract High-throughput technologies applied to the analysis of vaccine responses are likely to reveal the mechanisms responsible for vaccine-induced protection, aid understanding of vaccine safety and help accelerate vaccine development and clinical trials.
    MeSH term(s) Biomedical Research ; Humans ; Systems Biology ; Vaccines
    Chemical Substances Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-11-10
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2484394-5
    ISSN 1756-994X ; 1756-994X
    ISSN (online) 1756-994X
    ISSN 1756-994X
    DOI 10.1186/s13073-015-0236-1
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  10. Article ; Online: Mucosal-Associated Invariant T cells exhibit distinct functional signatures associated with protection against typhoid fever.

    Salerno-Gonçalves, Rosângela / Fresnay, Stephanie / Magder, Laurence / Darton, Thomas C / Waddington, Claire S / Blohmke, Christoph J / Angus, Brian / Levine, Myron M / Pollard, Andrew J / Sztein, Marcelo B

    Cellular immunology

    2022  Volume 378, Page(s) 104572

    Abstract: We have previously demonstrated that Mucosal-Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells secrete multiple cytokines after exposure to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), the causative agent of typhoid fever in humans. However, whether cytokine ... ...

    Abstract We have previously demonstrated that Mucosal-Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells secrete multiple cytokines after exposure to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), the causative agent of typhoid fever in humans. However, whether cytokine secreting MAIT cells can enhance or attenuate the clinical severity of bacterial infections remain debatable. This study characterizes human MAIT cell functions in subjects participating in a wild-type S. Typhi human challenge model. Here, we found that MAIT cells exhibit distinct functional signatures associated with protection against typhoid fever. We also observed that the cytokine patterns of MAIT cell responses, rather than the average number of cytokines expressed, are more predictive of typhoid fever outcomes. These results might enable us to objectively, based on functional parameters, identify cytokine patterns that may serve as predictive biomarkers during natural infection and vaccination.
    MeSH term(s) Cytokines ; Humans ; Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells ; Salmonella typhi/physiology ; Typhoid Fever/microbiology ; Typhoid Fever/prevention & control ; Vaccination
    Chemical Substances Cytokines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-20
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 80094-6
    ISSN 1090-2163 ; 0008-8749
    ISSN (online) 1090-2163
    ISSN 0008-8749
    DOI 10.1016/j.cellimm.2022.104572
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