Strategies for HIV-1 vaccines that induce broadly neutralizing antibodies

BF Haynes, K Wiehe, P Borrow, KO Saunders… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
After nearly four decades of research, a safe and effective HIV-1 vaccine remains elusive.
There are many reasons why the development of a potent and durable HIV-1 vaccine is …

[HTML][HTML] Broadly neutralizing antibodies for HIV-1 prevention

SR Walsh, MS Seaman - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Given the absence of an effective vaccine for protection against HIV-1 infection, passive
immunization strategies that utilize potent broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) to block …

[PDF][PDF] Complete mapping of mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain that escape antibody recognition

AJ Greaney, TN Starr, P Gilchuk, SJ Zost, E Binshtein… - Cell host & …, 2021 - cell.com
Antibodies targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain (RBD) are being
developed as therapeutics and are a major contributor to neutralizing antibody responses …

Vaccination induces HIV broadly neutralizing antibody precursors in humans

DJ Leggat, KW Cohen, JR Willis, WJ Fulp, AC Decamp… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) can protect against HIV infection but have not been
induced by human vaccination. A key barrier to bnAb induction is vaccine priming of rare …

[PDF][PDF] Longitudinal isolation of potent near-germline SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing antibodies from COVID-19 patients

C Kreer, M Zehner, T Weber, MS Ercanoglu… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has unprecedented implications for public health, social life,
and the world economy. Because approved drugs and vaccines are limited or not available …

Enhanced SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity following breakthrough infection builds upon the preexisting memory B cell pool

T Weber, S Dähling, S Rose, P Affeldt… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The human immune response must continuously adapt to newly emerging SARS-CoV-2
variants. To investigate how B cells respond to repeated SARS-CoV-2 antigen exposure by …

[PDF][PDF] Mapping the neutralizing specificity of human anti-HIV serum by deep mutational scanning

CE Radford, P Schommers, L Gieselmann… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2023 - cell.com
Understanding the specificities of human serum antibodies that broadly neutralize HIV can
inform prevention and treatment strategies. Here, we describe a deep mutational scanning …

Intermediate conformations of CD4-bound HIV-1 Env heterotrimers

KMA Dam, C Fan, Z Yang, PJ Bjorkman - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract HIV-1 envelope (Env) exhibits distinct conformational changes in response to host
receptor (CD4) engagement. Env, a trimer of gp120 and gp41 heterodimers, has been …

[HTML][HTML] To bnAb or not to bnAb: defining broadly neutralising antibodies against HIV-1

SA Griffith, LE McCoy - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Since their discovery, antibodies capable of broad neutralisation have been at the forefront
of HIV-1 research and are of particular interest due to in vivo passive transfer studies …

Effective high-throughput isolation of fully human antibodies targeting infectious pathogens

L Gieselmann, C Kreer, MS Ercanoglu, N Lehnen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
As exemplified by the ongoing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) pandemic, there is a strong demand for rapid high-throughput isolation pipelines to …