The goal of the vaccination is to induce humoral (antibody) and intracellular (T lymphocyte) responses. Various data show that intradermal vaccination is more efficient than intramuscular vaccination: the humoral response is statistically better after intradermic vaccination, compared to intramuscular vaccination, even in target populations such as older subjects or immunosuppressed patients
Realisation of 2 groups of healthy subjects with 2 intradermal injection of 50 µl of tuberculin + 2 intradermal injection of 50 µl of physiological serum. 5 biopsy performed on 2 Tuberculin injection site, 2 physiological serum site and 1 on healthy skin site : * Group A : healthy young subjects(18 to 40 years old) : 18 subjects * Sub-group A1 (biopsy 30 minutes after injection) : 6 subjects * Sub-group A2 (biopsy 4 hours after injection) : 6 subjects * Sub-group A3 (biopsy 72 hours after injection) : 6 subjects * Group B : healthy old subjects(60 to 75 years old) : 18 subjects * Sub-group B1 (biopsy 30 minutes after injection) : 6 subjects * Sub-group B2 (biopsy 4 hours after injection) : 6 subjects * Sub-group B3 (biopsy 72 hours after injection) : 6 subjects Determination of the best time (30 minutes, 4 hours or 72 hours)for intradermal vaccination caracteristics after group A and B data analysis. From these results, last group of immunosuppressed patients performed:Group C with 6 immunosuppressed patients (18 to 60 years old)
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
36
2 intradermal injection of 50µl of antigen + 2 intradermal injection of 50µl of physiological serum
Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud
Pierre-Bénite, France
Cellular changes of recruited cells by immunochemical and histological analysis in the three groups of subjects (healthy young subjects, healthy old subjects and immunosuppressed patients)
Time frame: 30 minutes, 4 hours or 72 hours
Molecular analysis of cytokines and chemokines involved in recruitment and/or function of immunocompetent cells
Time frame: 30 minutes, 4 hours or 72 hours
Comparison of changes in the cutaneous immune system between the three groups of subjects
Time frame: 30 minutes, 4 hours or 72 hours
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