Author:
Paschold Lisa,Gottschick Cornelia,Langer Susan,Klee Bianca,Diexer Sophie,Aksentijevich Ivona,Schultheiß Christoph,Purschke Oliver,Riese Peggy,Trittel Stephanie,Haase Roland,Dressler Frank,Eberl Wolfgang,Hübner Johannes,Strowig Till,Guzman Carlos A.,Mikolajczyk Rafael,Binder Mascha
Abstract
AbstractWe set out to gain insight into peripheral blood B and T cell repertoires from 120 infants of the LoewenKIDS birth cohort to investigate potential determinants of early life respiratory infections. Low antigen-dependent somatic hypermutation of B cell repertoires, as well as low T and B cell repertoire clonality, high diversity, and high richness especially in public T cell clonotypes reflected the immunological naivety at 12 months of age when high thymic and bone marrow output are associated with relatively few prior antigen encounters. Infants with inadequately low T cell repertoire diversity or high clonality showed higher numbers of acute respiratory infections over the first 4 years of life. No correlation of T or B cell repertoire metrics with other parameters such as sex, birth mode, older siblings, pets, the onset of daycare, or duration of breast feeding was noted. Together, this study supports that—regardless of T cell functionality—the breadth of the T cell repertoire is associated with the number of acute respiratory infections in the first 4 years of life. Moreover, this study provides a valuable resource of millions of T and B cell receptor sequences from infants with available metadata for researchers in the field.
Funder
Deutsche Krebshilfe
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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