A multiclade env–gag VLP mRNA vaccine elicits tier-2 HIV-1-neutralizing antibodies and reduces the risk of heterologous SHIV infection in macaques

P Zhang, E Narayanan, Q Liu, Y Tsybovsky… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The development of a protective vaccine remains a top priority for the control of the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. Here, we show that a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine co-expressing …

Characterization of HIV-1 nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccines in rabbits and rhesus macaques

N Pardi, CC LaBranche, G Ferrari, DW Cain… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2019 - cell.com
Despite the enormous effort in the development of effective vaccines against HIV-1, no
vaccine candidate has elicited broadly neutralizing antibodies in humans. Thus, generation …

Sequential immunization of macaques elicits heterologous neutralizing antibodies targeting the V3-glycan patch of HIV-1 Env

A Escolano, HB Gristick, R Gautam… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) against HIV-1 develop after prolonged virus and
antibody coevolution. Previous studies showed that sequential immunization with a V3 …

Neutralizing antibodies generated during natural HIV-1 infection: good news for an HIV-1 vaccine?

L Stamatatos, L Morris, DR Burton, JR Mascola - Nature medicine, 2009 - nature.com
Most existing viral vaccines generate antibodies that either block initial infection or help
eradicate the virus before it can cause disease. For HIV-1, obstacles to eliciting protective …

Developing an HIV vaccine

BF Haynes, DR Burton - Science, 2017 - science.org
In 2015, 17 million HIV-infected individuals worldwide were on antiretroviral drug therapies,
which are remarkably effective in suppressing the virus. Yet, 6000 people a day became …

Stabilized HIV-1 envelope immunization induces neutralizing antibodies to the CD4bs and protects macaques against mucosal infection

KO Saunders, RJ Edwards, K Tilahun… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
A successful HIV-1 vaccine will require induction of a polyclonal neutralizing antibody (nAb)
response, yet vaccine-mediated induction of such a response in primates remains a …

T cell-inducing vaccine durably prevents mucosal SHIV infection even with lower neutralizing antibody titers

PS Arunachalam, TP Charles, V Joag, VS Bollimpelli… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Recent efforts toward an HIV vaccine focus on inducing broadly neutralizing antibodies, but
eliciting both neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) and cellular responses may be superior. Here …

Mimicry of an HIV broadly neutralizing antibody epitope with a synthetic glycopeptide

SM Alam, B Aussedat, Y Vohra, RR Meyerhoff… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
A goal for an HIV-1 vaccine is to overcome virus variability by inducing broadly neutralizing
antibodies (bnAbs). One key target of bnAbs is the glycan-polypeptide at the base of the …

Neutralizing antibody directed against the HIV–1 envelope glycoprotein can completely block HIV–1/SIV chimeric virus infections of macaque monkeys

R Shibata, T Igarashi, N Haigwood, A Buckler–White… - Nature medicine, 1999 - nature.com
Virus–specific antibodies protect individuals against a wide variety of viral infections 1–7. To
assess whether human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV–1) envelope–specific antibodies …

[HTML][HTML] Protective efficacy of a global HIV-1 mosaic vaccine against heterologous SHIV challenges in rhesus monkeys

DH Barouch, KE Stephenson, EN Borducchi, K Smith… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
The global diversity of HIV-1 represents a critical challenge facing HIV-1 vaccine
development. HIV-1 mosaic antigens are bioinformatically optimized immunogens designed …