Knife's edge: Balancing immunogenicity and reactogenicity in mRNA vaccines

J Lee, MC Woodruff, EH Kim, JH Nam - Experimental & Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Since the discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA), there have been tremendous efforts to
wield them in the development of therapeutics and vaccines. During the COVID-19 …

Repurposing drugs, ongoing vaccine, and new therapeutic development initiatives against COVID-19

RP Saha, AR Sharma, MK Singh, S Samanta… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
As the COVID-19 is still growing throughout the globe, a thorough investigation into the
specific immunopathology of SARS-CoV-2, its interaction with the host immune system and …

HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2: Patterns in the evolution of two pandemic pathogens

W Fischer, EE Giorgi, S Chakraborty, K Nguyen… - Cell host & …, 2021 - cell.com
Humanity is currently facing the challenge of two devastating pandemics caused by two very
different RNA viruses: HIV-1, which has been with us for decades, and SARS-CoV-2, which …

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled assessment of BMS-936558, a fully human monoclonal antibody to programmed death-1 (PD-1), in patients with …

D Gardiner, J Lalezari, E Lawitz, M DiMicco, R Ghalib… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Expression of the programmed death 1 (PD-1) receptor and its ligands are implicated in the
T cell exhaustion phenotype which contributes to the persistence of several chronic viral …

Sequential bottlenecks drive viral evolution in early acute hepatitis C virus infection

RA Bull, F Luciani, K McElroy, S Gaudieri… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Hepatitis C is a pandemic human RNA virus, which commonly causes chronic infection and
liver disease. The characterization of viral populations that successfully initiate infection, and …

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) immunopathogenesis and vaccine development: a review

MP Girard, S Osmanov, OM Assossou, MP Kieny - Vaccine, 2011 - Elsevier
The development of a safe, effective and globally affordable HIV vaccine offers the best
hope for the future control of the HIV-1 pandemic. Since 1987, scores of candidate HIV-1 …

New paradigms for HIV/AIDS vaccine development

LJ Picker, SG Hansen, JD Lifson - Annual review of medicine, 2012 - annualreviews.org
HIV-1 and its simian counterpart SIV have been exquisitely tailored by evolution to evade
host immunity. By virtue of specific adaptations that thwart individual innate or adaptive …

Breaking the mold with RNA—a “RNAissance” of life science

CH Jones, JR Androsavich, N So, MP Jenkins… - NPJ Genomic …, 2024 - nature.com
In the past decade, RNA therapeutics have gone from being a promising concept to one of
the most exciting frontiers in healthcare and pharmaceuticals. The field is now entering what …

Rapid Evolution of HIV-1 to Functional CD8+ T Cell Responses in Humanized BLT Mice

TE Dudek, DC No, E Seung, VD Vrbanac… - Science translational …, 2012 - science.org
The development of mouse/human chimeras through the engraftment of human immune
cells and tissues into immunodeficient mice, including the recently described humanized …

Acute HIV infection detection and immediate treatment estimated to reduce transmission by 89% among men who have sex with men in Bangkok

EDMB Kroon, N Phanuphak, AJ Shattock… - African Journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Study design Study RV254/SEARCH 010 is a prospective cohort study conducted in
Bangkok, Thailand, which enrols predominantly Thai participants in the earliest stages of …