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 …

Immune responses to retroviruses

A Saez-Cirion, N Manel - Annual review of immunology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Retroviruses are genome invaders that have shared a long history of coevolution with
vertebrates and their immune system. Found endogenously in genomes as traces of past …

Broad and potent neutralizing antibodies recognize the silent face of the HIV envelope

T Schoofs, CO Barnes, N Suh-Toma, J Golijanin… - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) against HIV-1 envelope (Env) inform vaccine
design and are potential therapeutic agents. We identified SF12 and related bNAbs with up …

Rapid and focused maturation of a VRC01-class HIV broadly neutralizing antibody lineage involves both binding and accommodation of the N276-glycan

J Umotoy, BS Bagaya, C Joyce, T Schiffner, S Menis… - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Summary The VH1-2 restricted VRC01-class of antibodies targeting the HIV envelope CD4
binding site are a major focus of HIV vaccine strategies. However, a detailed analysis of …

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 …

Pre-existing infant antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity associates with reduced HIV-1 acquisition and lower morbidity

AS Thomas, Y Moreau, W Jiang, JE Isaac, A Ewing… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
In humans, pre-existing anti-HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) have not been associated
with decreased HIV-1 acquisition. Here, we evaluate antibody-dependent cellular …

HIV/AIDS vaccine candidates based on replication-competent recombinant poxvirus NYVAC-C-KC expressing trimeric gp140 and Gag-derived virus-like particles or …

J García-Arriaza, B Perdiguero, JL Heeney… - Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The nonreplicating attenuated poxvirus vector NYVAC expressing clade C (CN54) HIV-1
Env (gp120) and Gag-Pol-Nef antigens (NYVAC-C) showed limited immunogenicity in …

A broadly neutralizing macaque monoclonal antibody against the HIV-1 V3-Glycan patch

Z Wang, CO Barnes, R Gautam, JC Cetrulo Lorenzi… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
A small fraction of HIV-1-infected humans develop broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs)
against HIV-1 that protect macaques from simian immunodeficiency HIV chimeric virus …

Maedi-visna virus as a model for HIV

V Andrésdóttir - 2018 - opinvisindi.is
Maedi-visna virus (MVV) is a lentivirus of sheep causing inflammation in many organs,
primarily the lungs and CNS. HIV and SIV also belong to the lentivirus genus of retroviruses …

Limited evidence for a relationship between HIV-1 glycan shield features in early infection and the development of neutralization breadth

Y Li, H Bai, E Sanders-Buell, V Dussupt… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Identifying whether viral features present in acute HIV-1 infection predetermine the
development of neutralization breadth is critical to vaccine design. Incorporating such …