Broadly neutralizing antibodies to HIV and their role in vaccine design

DR Burton, L Hangartner - Annual review of immunology, 2016 - annualreviews.org
HIV employs multiple means to evade the humoral immune response, particularly the
elicitation of and recognition by broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs). Such antibodies …

Reverse vaccinology 2.0: Human immunology instructs vaccine antigen design

R Rappuoli, MJ Bottomley, U D'Oro, O Finco… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - rupress.org
Traditionally, vaccines have been developed by cultivating infectious agents and isolating
the inactivated whole pathogen or some of its purified components. 20 years ago, reverse …

HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibody precursor B cells revealed by germline-targeting immunogen

JG Jardine, DW Kulp, C Havenar-Daughton, A Sarkar… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) is a major HIV vaccine goal. Germline-
targeting immunogens aim to initiate bnAb induction by activating bnAb germline precursor …

[HTML][HTML] Trimeric HIV-1-Env structures define glycan shields from clades A, B, and G

GBE Stewart-Jones, C Soto, T Lemmin, GY Chuang… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Summary The HIV-1-envelope (Env) trimer is covered by a glycan shield of∼ 90 N-linked
oligosaccharides, which comprises roughly half its mass and is a key component of HIV …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of a CD4-binding-site antibody to HIV that evolved near-pan neutralization breadth

J Huang, BH Kang, E Ishida, T Zhou, T Griesman… - Immunity, 2016 - cell.com
Detailed studies of the broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) that underlie the best
available examples of the humoral immune response to HIV are providing important …

[HTML][HTML] Sequential immunization elicits broadly neutralizing anti-HIV-1 antibodies in Ig knockin mice

A Escolano, JM Steichen, P Dosenovic, DW Kulp… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
A vaccine that elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) against HIV-1 is likely to be
protective, but this has not been achieved. To explore immunization regimens that might …

Fusion peptide of HIV-1 as a site of vulnerability to neutralizing antibody

R Kong, K Xu, T Zhou, P Acharya, T Lemmin, K Liu… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The HIV-1 fusion peptide, comprising 15 to 20 hydrophobic residues at the N terminus of the
Env-gp41 subunit, is a critical component of the virus-cell entry machinery. Here, we report …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccine-induced antibodies that neutralize group 1 and group 2 influenza A viruses

MG Joyce, AK Wheatley, PV Thomas, GY Chuang… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Antibodies capable of neutralizing divergent influenza A viruses could form the basis of a
universal vaccine. Here, from subjects enrolled in an H5N1 DNA/MIV-prime-boost influenza …

[HTML][HTML] HIV vaccine design to target germline precursors of glycan-dependent broadly neutralizing antibodies

JM Steichen, DW Kulp, T Tokatlian, A Escolano… - Immunity, 2016 - cell.com
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against the N332 supersite of the HIV envelope
(Env) trimer are the most common bnAbs induced during infection, making them promising …

[HTML][HTML] Tailored immunogens direct affinity maturation toward HIV neutralizing antibodies

B Briney, D Sok, JG Jardine, DW Kulp, P Skog, S Menis… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) is a primary goal of HIV vaccine
development. VRC01-class bnAbs are important vaccine leads because their precursor B …