Current drugs for HIV-1: from challenges to potential in HIV/AIDS

Y Peng, Y Zong, D Wang, J Chen, ZS Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) persists in latently infected CD4+ T cells and
integrates with the host genome until cell death. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome …

Stabilized trimeric peptide immunogens of the complete HIV-1 gp41 N-heptad repeat and their use as HIV-1 vaccine candidates

C Wu, IT Raheem, DD Nahas… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Efforts to develop an HIV-1 vaccine include those focusing on conserved structural elements
as the target of broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies. MAb D5 binds to a highly …

Identification of a conserved neutralizing epitope present on spike proteins from all highly pathogenic coronaviruses

Y Huang, AW Nguyen, CL Hsieh, R Silva… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Three pathogenic human coronaviruses have emerged, with SARS-CoV-2 causing a global
pandemic. While therapeutic antibodies targeting the SARS-2 spike currently focus on the …

HIV-1 prehairpin intermediate inhibitors show efficacy independent of neutralization tier

BN Bell, TUJ Bruun, N Friedland… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
HIV-1 strains are categorized into one of three neutralization tiers based on the relative ease
by which they are neutralized by plasma from HIV-1–infected donors not on antiretroviral …

Enhancing HIV-1 Neutralization by Increasing the Local Concentration of Membrane-Proximal External Region-Directed Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies

S Kim, MV Filsinger Interrante, PS Kim - Journal of Virology, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) against the membrane-proximal external region
(MPER) of the gp41 component of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) …

A dePEGylated Lipopeptide-Based Pan-Coronavirus Fusion Inhibitor Exhibits Potent and Broad-Spectrum Anti-HIV-1 Activity without Eliciting Anti-PEG Antibodies

L Xu, C Wang, W Xu, L Xing, J Zhou, J Pu, M Fu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
We previously identified a lipopeptide, EK1C4, by linking cholesterol to EK1, a pan-CoV
fusion inhibitory peptide via a polyethylene glycol (PEG) linker, which showed potent pan …

HIV-1 neutralization tiers are not relevant for inhibitors targeting the pre-hairpin intermediate

BN Bell, TUJ Bruun, N Friedland, PS Kim - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
HIV-1 strains are categorized into one of three neutralization tiers based on the relative ease
by which they are neutralized by plasma from HIV-1 infected donors not on antiretroviral …

A new lease on life for an HIV-neutralizing antibody class and vaccine target

DR Burton - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Neutralizing antibodies (nAbs), in the time of COVID-19, have received much attention in the
lay press owing to their association with vaccine protection against severe acute respiratory …

Enhancing HIV-1 neutralization by increasing the local concentration of MPER-directed bnAbs

S Kim, MVF Interrante, PS Kim - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against the membrane-proximal external region
(MPER) of the gp41 component of the HIV-1 envelope (Env) are characterized by long …

Structure-guided stabilization improves the ability of the HIV-1 gp41 hydrophobic pocket to elicit neutralizing antibodies

TUJ Bruun, S Tang, G Erwin, L Deis… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
The hydrophobic pocket found in the N-heptad repeat (NHR) region of HIV-1 gp41 is a
highly conserved epitope that is the target of various HIV-1-neutralizing monoclonal …