Lack of Association between Mannose Binding Lectin and Antibody Responses after Acellular Pertussis Vaccinations

: Kirsi Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, Juho Vuononvirta, Ville Peltola, Jussi Mertsola, Qiushui He

Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE

: 2014

: PLoS ONE

: PLOS ONE

: ARTN e88919

: 9

: 2

: 7

: 1932-6203

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088919

Conclusions: This study indicates that MBL polymorphisms do not affect the production and persistence of antibodies after acellular pertussis vaccination. Our finding also suggests that MBL might not be involved in modulating antibody responses to the vaccines made of purified bacterial proteins.