Early Rise of Blood T Follicular Helper Cell Subsets and Baseline Immunity as Predictors of Persisting Late Functional Antibody Responses to Vaccination in Humans

• Fabiana Spensieri ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiana Spensieri, Emilio Siena

  Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy

  Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4922-2395

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• Emilio Siena ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiana Spensieri, Emilio Siena

  Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy

  Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy

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• Erica Borgogni,

  Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy

  Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy

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• Luisanna Zedda,

  Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy

  Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy

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• Rocco Cantisani,

  Current address: Laboratory of Immunohematology, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy

  Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy

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• Nico Chiappini,

  Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy

  Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy

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• Francesca Schiavetti,

  Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy

  Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy

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• Domenico Rosa,

  Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy

  Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy

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• Flora Castellino,

  Current address: Center for Human Immunology, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

  Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy

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• Emanuele Montomoli,

  Affiliation Departement of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, & VisMederi S.r.l., Siena, Italy

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• Caroline L. Bodinham,

  Affiliation Surrey Clinical Research Center, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

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• David J. Lewis,

  Affiliation Surrey Clinical Research Center, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

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• Duccio Medini,

  Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy

  Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy

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• Sylvie Bertholet ,

  * E-mail: sylvie.c.bertholet-girardin@gsk.com

  Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy

  Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy

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• Giuseppe Del Giudice

  Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy

  Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy

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