The HIV‐1 envelope glycoprotein structure: nailing down a moving target

AB Ward, IA Wilson - Immunological reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Structure determination of the HIV‐1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) presented a number of
challenges, but several high‐resolution structures have now become available. In 2013 …

Native‐like Env trimers as a platform for HIV‐1 vaccine design

RW Sanders, JP Moore - Immunological reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the development and potential use of various designs of recombinant HIV‐1
envelope glycoprotein trimers that mimic the structure of the virion‐associated spike, which …

Beyond shielding: the roles of glycans in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

L Casalino, Z Gaieb, JA Goldsmith, CK Hjorth… - ACS central …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in more than 28,000,000 infections and 900,000 …

Vulnerabilities in coronavirus glycan shields despite extensive glycosylation

Y Watanabe, ZT Berndsen, J Raghwani… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
coronaviruses (CoVs) are zoonotic pathogens with high fatality rates and pandemic …

Cryo-EM structure of a native, fully glycosylated, cleaved HIV-1 envelope trimer

JH Lee, G Ozorowski, AB Ward - Science, 2016 - science.org
The envelope glycoprotein trimer (Env) on the surface of HIV-1 recognizes CD4+ T cells and
mediates viral entry. During this process, Env undergoes substantial conformational …

Global site-specific N-glycosylation analysis of HIV envelope glycoprotein

L Cao, JK Diedrich, DW Kulp, M Pauthner, L He… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) is the sole target for broadly neutralizing
antibodies (bnAbs) and the focus for design of an antibody-based HIV vaccine. The Env …

Composition and antigenic effects of individual glycan sites of a trimeric HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein

AJ Behrens, S Vasiljevic, LK Pritchard, DJ Harvey… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein trimer is covered by an array of N-linked glycans that
shield it from immune surveillance. The high density of glycans on the trimer surface …

The SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein as a drug and vaccine target: structural insights into its complexes with ACE2 and antibodies

AC Papageorgiou, I Mohsin - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of
the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, has so far resulted in more than 1.1 M …

Staged induction of HIV-1 glycan–dependent broadly neutralizing antibodies

M Bonsignori, EF Kreider, D Fera… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
A preventive HIV-1 vaccine should induce HIV-1–specific broadly neutralizing antibodies
(bnAbs). However, bnAbs generally require high levels of somatic hypermutation (SHM) to …

Targeted selection of HIV-specific antibody mutations by engineering B cell maturation

KO Saunders, K Wiehe, M Tian, P Acharya, T Bradley… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION A major goal of HIV-1 vaccine development is the design of immunogens
that induce broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs). However, vaccination of humans has …