Aging reduces the functionality of anti-pneumococcal antibodies and the killing of Streptococcus pneumoniae by neutrophil phagocytosis

Birgit Simell, Arja Vuorela, Nina Ekström, +5

Vaccine

InflammationAnti-pneumococcal AntibodiesStreptococcus PneumoniaeGranulocyteMedicine +9

Persistence of neutralizing antibodies a year after SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in humans

Anu Haveri, Nina Ekström, Anna Solastie, +6

European Journal of Immunology

Multilaboratory Comparison of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> Opsonophagocytic Killing Assays and Their Level of Agreement for the Determination of Functional Antibody Activity in Human Reference Sera

Charles E. Rose, Sandra Romero‐Steiner, Robert L. Burton, +19

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

VaccinationConcordance ResultsFunctional Antibody ActivityImmunologySerologic Testing +11

Kinetics and Avidity of Antibodies Evoked by Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines PncCRM and PncOMPC in the Finnish Otitis Media Vaccine Trial

Nina Ekström, Heidi Åhman, Jouko Verho, +4

Infection and Immunity

ImmunologyImmunodominanceImmunotherapyVaccine TargetVaccine Surveillance +15

Long-term persistence of immunity after immunisation with Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine

P. Helena Mäkelä, Helena Käyhty, Tuija Leino, +4

Vaccine

VaccinationCross-protectionVaccine DevelopmentMedicineImmunology +3

Functional Antibodies Elicited by Two Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in the Finnish Otitis Media Vaccine Trial

Nina Ekström, Merja Väkeväinen, Jouko Verho, +2

Infection and Immunity

VaccinationVaccinologyAntibody ConcentrationMucosal VaccinationVaccine Development +12

Neutralizing antibodies to SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron variant after third mRNA vaccination in health care workers and elderly subjects

Anu Haveri, Anna Solastie, Nina Ekström, +5

European Journal of Immunology

VaccinationVaccine SafetyPotential Neutralization EscapeSpike ProteinVaccine Development +10

Serum IgM Antibodies Contribute to High Levels of Opsonophagocytic Activities in Toddlers Immunized with a Single Dose of the 9-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

Birgit Simell, Anu Nurkka, Nina Ekström, +3

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

ImmunodeficienciesImmunologyImmunodominanceImmunotherapyMaternal Immunization +15

Altered Phenotype of Peripheral Blood Dendritic Cells in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes

Janne Nieminen, Jukka Vakkila, Harri M. Salo, +5

Diabetes Care

Concentration and High Avidity of Pneumococcal Antibodies Persist at Least 4 Years after Immunization with Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Infancy

Nina Ekström, Heidi Åhman, Arto A. Palmu, +3

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology