HIV-1 cure strategies: why CRISPR?

AJ Atkins, AG Allen, W Dampier… - Expert opinion on …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has transformed prognoses for HIV-1-infected
individuals but requires lifelong adherence to prevent viral resurgence. Targeted elimination …

Engineering multi-specific antibodies against HIV-1

NN Padte, J Yu, Y Huang, DD Ho - Retrovirology, 2018 - Springer
As increasing numbers of broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against HIV-1
enter clinical trials, it is becoming evident that combinations of mAbs are necessary to block …

Potent anti-viral activity of a trispecific HIV neutralizing antibody in SHIV-infected monkeys

A Pegu, L Xu, ME DeMouth, G Fabozzi, K March… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) represent an alternative to drug therapy for the
treatment of HIV-1 infection. Immunotherapy with single bNAbs often leads to emergence of …

Ultrasensitive quantification of HIV-1 cell-to-cell transmission in primary human CD4+ T cells measures viral sensitivity to broadly neutralizing antibodies

D Mazurov, A Herschhorn - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT HIV-1 can efficiently replicate by direct transmission from infected to uninfected
CD4+ T cells at confined local sites designated virological synapses (VSs). VSs are formed …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by HIV-1 specific broadly neutralizing antibodies and polyclonal plasma

N Mishra, S Kumar, S Singh, T Bansal, N Jain… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Cross-reactive epitopes (CREs) are similar epitopes on viruses that are recognized or
neutralized by same antibodies. The S protein of SARS-CoV-2, similar to type I fusion …

Soluble prefusion-closed HIV-envelope trimers with glycan-covered bases

AS Olia, C Cheng, T Zhou, A Biju, DR Harris… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Soluble HIV-1-envelope (Env) trimers elicit immune responses that target their
solvent-exposed protein bases, the result of removing these trimers from their native …

Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of a long-acting broadly neutralizing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) monoclonal antibody VRC01LS in HIV-1 …

EJ McFarland, CK Cunningham… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Perinatal human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) continues to occur due
to barriers to effective antiretroviral prevention that might be mitigated by long-acting broadly …

A naturally arising broad and potent CD4-binding site antibody with low somatic mutation

CO Barnes, T Schoofs, PNP Gnanapragasam… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) is a potential strategy for a vaccine
against HIV-1. However, most bNAbs exhibit features such as unusually high somatic …

Application of germline antibody features to vaccine development, antibody discovery, antibody optimization and disease diagnosis

Y Zhang, Q Li, L Luo, C Duan, J Shen, Z Wang - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Although the efficacy and commercial success of vaccines and therapeutic antibodies have
been tremendous, designing and discovering new drug candidates remains a labor-, time …

Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of the broadly neutralizing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 monoclonal antibody VRC01 in HIV-exposed newborn …

CK Cunningham, EJ McFarland… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Although mother-to-child human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission
has dramatically decreased with maternal antiretroviral therapy, breast milk transmission …