[HTML][HTML] Approaches, progress, and challenges to hepatitis C vaccine development

JR Bailey, E Barnes, AL Cox - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection vary, and there were an estimated 1.75
million new cases worldwide in 2015. The World Health Organization aims for a 90 …

Challenges and promise of a hepatitis C virus vaccine

AL Cox - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2020 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
An estimated 1.5–2 million new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections occur globally each year.
Critical to the World Health Organization's (WHO) HCV elimination strategy is an 80 …

[PDF][PDF] Broadly neutralizing antibody mediated clearance of human hepatitis C virus infection

VJ Kinchen, MN Zahid, AI Flyak, MG Soliman… - Cell host & …, 2018 - cell.com
The role that broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) play in natural clearance of human
hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we …

Convergent evolution and targeting of diverse E2 epitopes by human broadly neutralizing antibodies are associated with HCV clearance

CO Ogega, NE Skinner, MV Schoenle, XE Wilcox… - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
The early appearance of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) in serum is associated
with spontaneous hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance, but to date, the majority of bNAbs have …

[HTML][HTML] Convergent antibody responses are associated with broad neutralization of hepatitis C virus

NE Skinner, CO Ogega, N Frumento, KE Clark… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Early development of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) targeting the
hepatitis C virus (HCV) envelope glycoprotein E2 is associated with spontaneous clearance …

[HTML][HTML] The generation of a simian adenoviral vectored HCV vaccine encoding genetically conserved gene segments to target multiple HCV genotypes

A von Delft, TA Donnison, J Lourenço, C Hutchings… - Vaccine, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genomic variability is a major challenge to the
generation of a prophylactic vaccine. We have previously shown that HCV specific T-cell …

[HTML][HTML] Repeated exposure to heterologous hepatitis C viruses associates with enhanced neutralizing antibody breadth and potency

N Frumento, A Figueroa, T Wang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
A prophylactic hepatitis C virus (HCV) vaccine that elicits neutralizing antibodies could be
key to HCV eradication. However, the genetic and antigenic properties of HCV envelope …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity underlying the envelope glycoproteins of hepatitis C virus: structural and functional consequences and the implications for vaccine design

AW Tarr, T Khera, K Hueging, J Sheldon, E Steinmann… - Viruses, 2015 - mdpi.com
In the 26 years since the discovery of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) a major global research effort
has illuminated many aspects of the viral life cycle, facilitating the development of targeted …

Sex work and HIV in Cambodia: trajectories of risk and disease in two cohorts of high-risk young women in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

K Page, E Stein, N Sansothy, J Evans, MC Couture… - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives HIV prevalence among Cambodian female sex workers (FSW) is among the
highest in Southeast Asia. We describe HIV prevalence and associated risk exposures in …

The broad assessment of HCV genotypes 1 and 3 antigenic targets reveals limited cross-reactivity with implications for vaccine design

A Von Delft, IS Humphreys, A Brown, K Pfafferott… - Gut, 2016 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Developing a vaccine that is cross-reactive between HCV genotypes requires data
on T cell antigenic targets that extends beyond genotype-1. We characterised T cell immune …