Cytokine adjuvants IL-7 and IL-15 improve humoral responses of a SHIV LentiDNA vaccine in animal models

LA Leroy, A Mac Donald, A Kandlur, D Bose, P Xiao… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
HIV-1 remains a major public health issue worldwide in spite of efficacious antiviral
therapies, but with no cure or preventive vaccine. The latter has been very challenging, as …

IL-12 DNA as molecular vaccine adjuvant increases the cytotoxic T cell responses and breadth of humoral immune responses in SIV DNA vaccinated macaques

R Jalah, V Patel, V Kulkarni, M Rosati… - Human vaccines & …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Intramuscular injection of macaques with an IL-12 expression plasmid (0.1 or 0.4 mg
DNA/animal) optimized for high level of expression and delivered using in vivo …

[HTML][HTML] Co-immunization with IL-15 enhances cellular immune responses induced by a vif-deleted simian immunodeficiency virus proviral DNA vaccine and confers …

RA Dubie, S Maksaereekul, BL Shacklett… - Virology, 2009 - Elsevier
Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection of rhesus macaques is a valuable animal
model for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 vaccine development. Our laboratory …

Lentiviral vector-based prime/boost vaccination against AIDS: pilot study shows protection against Simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac251 challenge in macaques

AS Beignon, K Mollier, C Liard, F Coutant… - Journal of …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT AIDS vaccination has a pressing need for more potent vaccination vectors
capable of eliciting strong, diversified, and long-lasting cellular immune responses against …

Protection from immunodeficiency virus challenges in rhesus macaques by multicomponent DNA immunization

JJ Kim, JS Yang, LK Nottingham, DJ Lee, M Lee… - Virology, 2001 - Elsevier
Multicomponent DNA vaccines were used to elicit immune responses, which can impact
viral challenge in three separate rhesus macaque models. Eight rhesus macaques were …

A single lentivector DNA based immunization contains a late heterologous SIVmac251 mucosal challenge infection

Y Chebloune, M Moussa, G Arrode-Brusés, C Ronfort… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Variety of conventional vaccine strategies tested against HIV-1 have failed to induce
protection against HIV acquisition or durable control of viremia. Therefore, innovative …

A therapeutic SIV DNA vaccine elicits T-cell immune responses, but no sustained control of viremia in SIVmac239-infected rhesus macaques

J zur Megede, B Sanders-Beer, P Silvera… - AIDS research and …, 2008 - liebertpub.com
The immunologic and virologic outcome of therapeutic DNA-vaccines administered during
antiretroviral therapy (ART) using electroporation with or without (interleukin) IL-2 treatment …

Novel SIVmac DNA vaccines encoding Env, Pol and Gag consensus proteins elicit strong cellular immune responses in cynomolgus macaques

J Yan, DA Hokey, MP Morrow, N Corbitt, K Harris… - Vaccine, 2009 - Elsevier
Cellular immunity plays an important role in controlling HIV-1 replication. One of the major
challenges in developing an HIV-1 DNA vaccine is to generate broader and more potent …

Long-term central and effector SHIV-specific memory T cell responses elicited after a single immunization with a novel lentivector DNA vaccine

G Arrode-Bruses, M Moussa, M Baccard-Longere… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Prevention of HIV acquisition and replication requires long lasting and effective immunity.
Given the state of HIV vaccine development, innovative vectors and immunization strategies …

Comparative ability of plasmid IL-12 and IL-15 to enhance cellular and humoral immune responses elicited by a SIVgag plasmid DNA vaccine and alter disease …

SY Chong, MA Egan, MA Kutzler, S Megati, A Masood… - Vaccine, 2007 - Elsevier
Plasmid-based IL-12 has been demonstrated to successfully enhance the immunogenicity of
DNA vaccines, thus enabling a reduction of the amount of DNA required for immunization. IL …