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. 2015 Jul 8;16(1):510. doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1659-1

Table 4.

Comparison of early poxvirus-induced immune responses to selected innate molecular signatures of existing vaccine vectors. Differences in Log2 Fold Changes (between each virus and the control) are depicted

description MVA LSDV CNPV FWPV PEPV FeP2 Evidence References
Innate immune response
Pathogen recognition
Tlr13 toll-like receptor 13 1.4 1.0 1.7 1.5 1.0 -
Tlr3 toll-like receptor 3 1 1.4 1.2 1.1 - - Merck Ad5/HIV [22]
Tlr7 toll-like receptor 7 1.1 1.2 1.2 - - - YF-17D, LAIV [20, 21]
Tlr8 toll-like receptor 8 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.0 - - Merck Ad5/HIV [22]
Tlr11 toll-like receptor 11 −1.0 - - - - -
Ddx58 (RIG-I) RIG-I-like receptor - 1.3 - - - - YF-17D [20]
Cd209a (DC SIGN) CD209a antigen −1.7 −2.2 −1.1 −1.5 - -
Cd209b (DC SIGN) CD209b antigen −1.2 −1.3 - - - -
Ifih1 (MDA5) RIG-I-like receptor 1.3 2.1 1.2 1.2 - - YF-17D [20]
Zbp1 (DAI) cytoplasmic double-stranded DNA sensor 1.9 2.7 1.3 1.6 - -
Dhx58 (LGP2) RIG-I-like receptor 1.7 2.5 1.6 1.5 - - YF-17D [20]
Eif2ak2 (PKR) eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 2 (protein kinase R) 1.1 2.1 1.1 1.1 - - YF-17D [20]
Genes associated with the innate immune response of viral vectors
Cxcl10 (IP-10) chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 10 2.7 3 2.2 2.8 1.7 - Significantly upregulated in response to YF-17D, Merck Ad5/HIV, TIV [2022]
Mx1 myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 1 3.2 3.9 3 2.8 - - YF-17D [20]
Il-1α interleukin 1 alpha 1.9 2 2.2 2.3 1.8 - Significantly upregulated in response to YF-17D
Isg15 ISG15 ubiquitin-like modifier 1.6 2.2 1.5 1.4 - - Merck Ad5/HIV [22]
Stat1 signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 - 1.4 - - - - YF-17D, Merck Ad5/HIV, LAIV [2022]
Cxcl11 (I-TAC) chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 11 4.5 4.4 3.4 4.3 1.5 - Merck Ad5/HIV [22]
Ccr5 chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 5 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.3 - - Merck Ad5/HIV [22]
Gbp7 guanylate binding protein 7 1.6 2.2 1.2 1.7 - - Merck Ad5/HIV [22]
Irf1 interferon regulatory factor 1 - 1.3 - 1.1 - - Merck Ad5/HIV [22]
Stat2 signal transducer and activator of transcription 2 1.4 1.9 1.2 1.5 - - LAIV [21]
Irf7 interferon regulatory factor 7 1.7 2.9 1.7 1.1 - - LAIV [21]
Casp1 caspase 1 1.1 - 1.2 1.1 - -
Adaptive immune response
B cell related responses
Ighg Immunoglobulin heavy chain (gamma polypeptide) - - 1.5 1.6 - -
Ighg3 Immunoglobulin heavy constant gamma 3 - - 1.3 1.2 - - TIV, correlated with decreased risk of HIV-1 infection in the RV144 trial ALVAC-HIV(vCP1521)
Ighm immunoglobulin heavy constant mu - - 1.1 - - - positively correllates with antibody response to TIV [21]
Igk immunoglobulin kappa chain complex - −1.0 - - - - positively correllates with antibody response to TIV [21]
T cell related responses
Gzmb granzyme B 3.7 4.7 4.1 4.2 2.4 - expressed by CD8+ T cells in response to YF-17D [20]
Ccr5 chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 5 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.3 - - expressed by CD8+ T cells in esponse to YF-17D [20]
Ccl2 (MCP1) chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 3.5 3.3 2.9 3.3 2.8 - predicted the magnitude of the CD8+ T cell response to Merck Ad5/HIV [22]

HIV human immunodeficiency virus, LAIV live attenuated influenza vaccine, TIV trivalent influenza vaccine, YF-17D Yellow fever vaccine, Merck Ad5/HIV Merck’s Adenovirus subtype 5-based HIV vaccine