The HIV‐1 envelope glycoprotein structure: nailing down a moving target

AB Ward, IA Wilson - Immunological reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Structure determination of the HIV‐1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) presented a number of
challenges, but several high‐resolution structures have now become available. In 2013 …

Native‐like Env trimers as a platform for HIV‐1 vaccine design

RW Sanders, JP Moore - Immunological reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the development and potential use of various designs of recombinant HIV‐1
envelope glycoprotein trimers that mimic the structure of the virion‐associated spike, which …

Trispecific broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies mediate potent SHIV protection in macaques

L Xu, A Pegu, E Rao, N Doria-Rose, J Beninga… - Science, 2017 - science.org
The development of an effective AIDS vaccine has been challenging because of viral
genetic diversity and the difficulty of generating broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs). We …

A broadly neutralizing antibody targets the dynamic HIV envelope trimer apex via a long, rigidified, and anionic β-hairpin structure

JH Lee, R Andrabi, CY Su, A Yasmeen, JP Julien… - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) to HIV delineate vaccine targets and are
prophylactic and therapeutic agents. Some of the most potent bnAbs target a quaternary …

Identification and specificity of broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV

LE McCoy, DR Burton - Immunological reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Beginning in 2009, studies of the humoral responses of HIV‐positive individuals have led to
the identification of scores, if not hundreds, of antibodies that are both broadly reactive and …

Antibody‐virus co‐evolution in HIV infection: paths for HIV vaccine development

M Bonsignori, HX Liao, F Gao… - Immunological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Induction of HIV‐1 broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) to date has only been observed
in the setting of HIV‐1 infection, and then only years after HIV transmission. Thus, the …

B‐cell responses to HIV infection

S Moir, AS Fauci - Immunological reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The induction of neutralizing antibodies directed against the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) has received considerable attention in recent years, in part driven by renewed interest …

[HTML][HTML] Design and crystal structure of a native-like HIV-1 envelope trimer that engages multiple broadly neutralizing antibody precursors in vivo

M Medina-Ramírez, F Garces, A Escolano… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - rupress.org
Induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) by HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein
immunogens would be a major advance toward an effective vaccine. A critical step in this …

Tfh cells and HIV bnAbs, an immunodominance model of the HIV neutralizing antibody generation problem

C Havenar‐Daughton, JH Lee… - Immunological reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The generation of HIV bnAbs may be one of the greatest feats of the human immune system
and our best hope of finally creating an HIV vaccine. The striking amount of somatic …

Rapid elicitation of broadly neutralizing antibodies to HIV by immunization in cows

D Sok, KM Le, M Vadnais, KL Saye-Francisco… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
No immunogen to date has reliably elicited broadly neutralizing antibodies to HIV in humans
or animal models. Advances in the design of immunogens that antigenically mimic the HIV …