Overview of neutralizing antibodies and their potential in COVID-19

JJ Morales-Núñez, JF Muñoz-Valle… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The antibody response to respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been a
major focus of COVID-19 research due to its clinical relevance and importance in vaccine …

HIV mRNA vaccines—progress and future paths

Z Mu, BF Haynes, DW Cain - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic introduced the world to a new type of vaccine based on mRNA
encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs). Instead of delivering antigenic proteins directly …

Cross-reactive serum and memory B-cell responses to spike protein in SARS-CoV-2 and endemic coronavirus infection

G Song, W He, S Callaghan, F Anzanello… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Pre-existing immunity to seasonal endemic coronaviruses could have profound
consequences for antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2, induced from natural infection or …

Vaccine genetics of IGHV1-2 VRC01-class broadly neutralizing antibody precursor naïve human B cells

JH Lee, L Toy, JT Kos, Y Safonova, WR Schief… - NPJ vaccines, 2021 - nature.com
A successful HIV vaccine eliciting broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) must overcome
the hurdle of being able to activate naive precursor B cells encoding features within their …

To bnAb or not to bnAb: defining broadly neutralising antibodies against HIV-1

SA Griffith, LE McCoy - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Since their discovery, antibodies capable of broad neutralisation have been at the forefront
of HIV-1 research and are of particular interest due to in vivo passive transfer studies …

Structural analysis of neutralizing epitopes of the SARS-CoV-2 spike to guide therapy and vaccine design strategies

MT Finkelstein, AG Mermelstein, E Parker Miller… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus research has gained tremendous attention because of the COVID-19
pandemic, caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (nCoV or …

HIV vaccinology: 2021 update

JH Lee, S Crotty - Seminars in immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
HIV is a virus that remains a major health concern and results in an infection that has no
cure even after over 30 years since its discovery. As such, HIV vaccine discovery continues …

Recapitulation of HIV-1 Env-antibody coevolution in macaques leading to neutralization breadth

RS Roark, H Li, WB Williams, H Chug, RD Mason… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION It is widely believed that the development of an effective neutralizing
antibody–based HIV-1 vaccine will require consistent activation of multiple germline …

Broadly neutralizing antibodies for HIV-1 prevention and therapy

B Julg, D Barouch - Seminars in Immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite immense progress in our ability to prevent and treat HIV-1 infection, HIV-1 remains
an incurable disease and a highly efficacious HIV-1 vaccine is not yet available. Additional …

Human B cell lineages associated with germinal centers following influenza vaccination are measurably evolving

KB Hoehn, JS Turner, FI Miller, R Jiang, OG Pybus… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The poor efficacy of seasonal influenza virus vaccines is often attributed to pre-existing
immunity interfering with the persistence and maturation of vaccine-induced B cell …