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A B Sammon
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 1
Citations - 488
A B Sammon is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Antibody & Vaccination. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 386 citations.
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Obesity is associated with impaired immune response to influenza vaccination in humans
Patricia A. Sheridan,Heather A. Paich,Jean Handy,Erik A. Karlsson,Erik A. Karlsson,Michael G. Hudgens,A B Sammon,L A Holland,Sam Weir,Terry L. Noah,Melinda A. Beck +10 more
TL;DR: Results suggest obesity may impair the ability to mount a protective immune response to influenza virus, and PBMCs challenged ex vivo with vaccine strain virus demonstrated that obese individuals had decreased CD8+ T-cell activation and decreased expression of functional proteins compared with healthy weight individuals.