The molecular mechanisms that underlie the immune biology of anti-drug antibody formation following treatment with monoclonal antibodies

A Vaisman-Mentesh, M Gutierrez-Gonzalez… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are a crucial asset for human health and modern medicine,
however, the repeated administration of mAbs can be highly immunogenic. Drug …

Vaccines and broadly neutralizing antibodies for HIV-1 prevention

KE Stephenson, K Wagh, B Korber… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Development of improved approaches for HIV-1 prevention will likely be required for a
durable end to the global AIDS pandemic. Recent advances in preclinical studies and early …

Isolation of potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies and protection from disease in a small animal model

TF Rogers, F Zhao, D Huang, N Beutler, A Burns, W He… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Countermeasures to prevent and treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are a global
health priority. We enrolled a cohort of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Potent Zika and dengue cross-neutralizing antibodies induced by Zika vaccination in a dengue-experienced donor

V Dussupt, RS Sankhala, GD Gromowski, G Donofrio… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) has caused significant disease, with widespread cases of neurological
pathology and congenital neurologic defects. Rapid vaccine development has led to a …

Structure of super-potent antibody CAP256-VRC26. 25 in complex with HIV-1 envelope reveals a combined mode of trimer-apex recognition

J Gorman, GY Chuang, YT Lai, CH Shen, JC Boyington… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Antibodies targeting the V1V2 apex of the HIV-1 envelope (Env) trimer comprise one of the
most commonly elicited categories of broadly neutralizing antibodies. Structures of these …

Designs of antigen structure and composition for improved protein-based vaccine efficacy

K Saylor, F Gillam, T Lohneis, C Zhang - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Today, vaccinologists have come to understand that the hallmark of any protective immune
response is the antigen. However, it is not the whole antigen that dictates the immune …

Engineering CAR T cells to target the HIV reservoir

W Mu, MA Carrillo, SG Kitchen - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The HIV reservoir remains to be a difficult barrier to overcome in order to achieve a
therapeutic cure for HIV. Several strategies have been developed to purge the reservoir …

Optimizing immunization protocols to elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies

KG Sprenger, JE Louveau… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Natural infections and vaccination with a pathogen typically stimulate the production of
potent antibodies specific for the pathogen through a Darwinian evolutionary process known …

The conformational states of the HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins

Q Wang, A Finzi, J Sodroski - Trends in microbiology, 2020 - cell.com
During HIV-1 entry into target cells, binding of the virus to host receptors, CD4 and
CCR5/CXCR4, triggers serial conformational changes in the envelope glycoprotein (Env) …

Chronic viral infection promotes efficient germinal center B cell responses

B Fallet, Y Hao, M Florova, K Cornille, AV de Los Aires… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Persistent viral infections subvert key elements of adaptive immunity. To compare germinal
center (GC) B cell responses in chronic and acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus …