RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Pre-existing Hemagglutinin Stalk Antibodies Correlate with Protection of Lower Respiratory Symptoms in Flu-Infected Transplant Patients A1 Aydillo, Teresa A1 Escalera, Alba A1 Strohmeier, Shirin A1 Aslam, Sadaf A1 Sánchez Céspedes, Javier A1 Ayllón Barasoain, Juan A1 Roca Oporto, Cristina A1 Pérez Romero, Pilar A1 Montejo, Miguel A1 Gavalda, Joan A1 Muñoz, Patricia A1 López Medrano, Francisco A1 Carratala, Jordi A1 Krammer, Florian A1 García Sastre, Adolfo A1 Cordero, Elisa K1 Influenza antibodies K1 Correlates of protection K1 Transplant patients K1 Viral pneumonia K1 Medicina K1 Medicine K1 Microbiología K1 Microbiology K1 Enfermedades infecciosas K1 Communicable diseases AB Hemagglutination-inhibitory antibodies are usually highly strain specific with little effect on infection with drifted or shifted strains. The significance of broadly cross-reactive non-HAI anti-influenza antibodies against conserved domains of virus glycoproteins, such as the hemagglutinin (HA) stalk, is of great interest. We characterize a cohort of 40 H1N1pmd09 influenza-infected patients and identify lower respiratory symptoms (LRSs) as a predictor for development of pneumonia. A binomial logistic regression of log10 pre-existing antibody values shows that the probability of LRS occurrence decreased with increased anti-HA full-length and stalk antibody ELISA titers. However, a multilevel logistic regression model adjusted by other potential serocorrelates demonstrates that only antibodies directed against the stalk of HA correlate with protection from lower respiratory infection, limiting disease progression. Our predictive model indicates that a threshold of protective immunity based on broadly cross-reactive HA stalk antibodies could be feasible. PB Cell Press SN 2666-3791 YR 2020 FD 2020 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7993 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7993 LA eng NO This work was supported by the Programa de Investigación sobre gripe A/H1N1, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio. de Ciencia e Innovación (GR09/0041); the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, co-financed by the European Development Regional Fund “A way to Achieve Europe” ERDF; the Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI RD06/0008 to E.C.); NIAID grants P01AI097092 and U19AI135972; CRIP (Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis), an NIAID-funded Center of Excellence on Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS; contract HHSN272201400008C); and SEM-CIVIC, an NIAID-funded Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Center (contract 75N93019C00051 to A.G.-S. and F.K.). DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 10-may-2024