Strategies for HIV-1 vaccines that induce broadly neutralizing antibodies

BF Haynes, K Wiehe, P Borrow, KO Saunders… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
After nearly four decades of research, a safe and effective HIV-1 vaccine remains elusive.
There are many reasons why the development of a potent and durable HIV-1 vaccine is …

Antibodies to combat viral infections: development strategies and progress

G Pantaleo, B Correia, C Fenwick, VS Joo… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are appealing as potential therapeutics and prophylactics for
viral infections owing to characteristics such as their high specificity and their ability to …

Vaccination induces HIV broadly neutralizing antibody precursors in humans

DJ Leggat, KW Cohen, JR Willis, WJ Fulp, AC Decamp… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) can protect against HIV infection but have not been
induced by human vaccination. A key barrier to bnAb induction is vaccine priming of rare …

[HTML][HTML] Deep mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain reveals constraints on folding and ACE2 binding

TN Starr, AJ Greaney, SK Hilton, D Ellis, KHD Crawford… - cell, 2020 - cell.com
The receptor binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein mediates viral
attachment to ACE2 receptor and is a major determinant of host range and a dominant target …

A multiclade env–gag VLP mRNA vaccine elicits tier-2 HIV-1-neutralizing antibodies and reduces the risk of heterologous SHIV infection in macaques

P Zhang, E Narayanan, Q Liu, Y Tsybovsky… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The development of a protective vaccine remains a top priority for the control of the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. Here, we show that a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine co-expressing …

Role of nanoscale antigen organization on B-cell activation probed using DNA origami

R Veneziano, TJ Moyer, MB Stone, EC Wamhoff… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Vaccine efficacy can be increased by arraying immunogens in multivalent form on virus-like
nanoparticles to enhance B-cell activation. However, the effects of antigen copy number …

Vaccination induces broadly neutralizing antibody precursors to HIV gp41

T Schiffner, I Phung, R Ray, A Irimia, M Tian… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A key barrier to the development of vaccines that induce broadly neutralizing antibodies
(bnAbs) against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other viruses of high antigenic …

The unique biology of germinal center B cells

C Young, R Brink - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Germinal center (GC) B cells are the source of the high-affinity, class-switched antibodies
required for protective immunity. The unique biology of GC B cells involves iterative rounds …

[HTML][HTML] Restricted clonality and limited germinal center reentry characterize memory B cell reactivation by boosting

L Mesin, A Schiepers, J Ersching, A Barbulescu… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Repeated exposure to pathogens or their antigens triggers anamnestic antibody responses
that are higher in magnitude and affinity than the primary response. These involve …

Targeting TFH cells in human diseases and vaccination: rationale and practice

D Yu, LSK Walker, Z Liu, MA Linterman, Z Li - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
The identification of CD4+ T cells localizing to B cell follicles has revolutionized the
knowledge of how humoral immunity is generated. Follicular helper T (TFH) cells support …