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Table 1 Effect of gut microbiota on vaccine efficacy

From: Recent five-year progress in the impact of gut microbiota on vaccination and possible mechanisms

model

host

vaccine

gut microbiota associated with vaccine efficacy

reference

Animal

models

Mice

Ovalbumin

Lactobacillaceae, Rumen family, and Clostridium bacteria were associated with vaccine efficacy

[4]

Mice

RVV

The abundance of Clostridium and Lactonemae was positively correlated with vaccine efficacy

[9]

Clinical studies

Ghanaian and Dutch infants

RV

Rotavirus vaccine responders in Ghana and the Netherlands were associated with an increased abundance of Streptococcus Bovis and decreased abundance of Bacteroides phylum; Ghanaian nonresponders had an increase in enteric streptococci and a decrease in Bacteroides

[10]

Pakistani and Dutch infants

RV

Pakistani responders were associated with increased Streptococcus Bovis abundance and decreased Bacteroides phylum abundance

[11]

Ghanaian infants

RV

Phage diversity and the presence of enterovirus B and multiple novel co-viruses were inversely correlated with vaccine efficacy

[12]

Nicaraguan infants

RV

Proteus and Egella abundance were positively correlated with vaccine efficacy, and Fusobacterium and Enterobacteriaceae were negatively correlated with vaccine efficacy

[14]

Rural Zimbabwe infants

RV

Bacteroides multiforme was associated with serum anti-rotavirus IgA titer

[15]

Bangladeshi

infants

BCG

TTV

HBV

OPV

The abundance of Bifidobacterium longum subspecies was positively correlated with OPV, BCG, TTV, and HBV efficacy; Clostridium, Enterobacteriaceae, and Pseudomonas abundance were inversely correlated with vaccine efficacy

[16]

New Hampshire infants

TTV

Bifidobacteria abundance was negatively correlated with vaccine efficacy, and the abundance of CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis pathway-associated species was positively correlated with vaccine efficacy

[17]

HongKong adults

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (CoronaVac and BNT162b2)

Bifidobacteria abundance was positively correlated with CoronaVac vaccine efficacy; Bacteria rich in flagella and fimbriae were positively correlated with the efficacy of the BNT162b2 vaccine; Individuals with fewer adverse events after vaccinating any of the two vaccines were enriched with large amounts of Copriprevoria and two Megamonas

[18]

  1. RVV, rabies virus vaccine; OPV, oral polio vaccine; BCG, Bacillus Calmette-Guerin;
  2. RV, rotavirus vaccine; TTV, tetanus toxoid vaccine; HBV, hepatitis B vaccine.