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 …

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 …

Neutralization profiles of HIV-1 viruses from the VRC01 Antibody Mediated Prevention (AMP) trials

NN Mkhize, AEJ Yssel, H Kaldine… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The VRC01 Antibody Mediated Prevention (AMP) efficacy trials conducted between 2016
and 2020 showed for the first time that passively administered broadly neutralizing …

Cleavage-intermediate Lassa virus trimer elicits neutralizing responses, identifies neutralizing nanobodies, and reveals an apex-situated site-of-vulnerability

J Gorman, CSF Cheung, Z Duan, L Ou, M Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Lassa virus (LASV) infection is expanding outside its traditionally endemic areas in West
Africa, posing a pandemic biothreat. LASV-neutralizing antibodies, moreover, have proven …

Asymmetric and non-stoichiometric glycoprotein recognition by two distinct antibodies results in broad protection against ebolaviruses

JC Milligan, CW Davis, X Yu, PA Ilinykh, K Huang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Several ebolaviruses cause outbreaks of severe disease. Vaccines and monoclonal
antibody cocktails are available to treat Ebola virus (EBOV) infections, but not Sudan virus …

Subnanometer structure of an enveloped virus fusion complex on viral surface reveals new entry mechanisms

TC Marcink, G Zipursky, W Cheng, K Stearns… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Paramyxoviruses—including important pathogens like parainfluenza, measles, and Nipah
viruses—use a receptor binding protein [hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) for …

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 …

Bispecific antibody CAP256. J3LS targets V2-apex and CD4-binding sites with high breadth and potency

B Zhang, J Gorman, YD Kwon, A Pegu, CW Chao, T Liu… - MAbs, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Antibody CAP256-VRC26. 25 targets the second hypervariable region (V2) at
the apex of the HIV envelope (Env) trimer with extraordinary neutralization potency, although …

[HTML][HTML] Improved HIV-1 neutralization breadth and potency of V2-apex antibodies by in silico design

GT Holt, J Gorman, S Wang, AU Lowegard, B Zhang… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) against HIV can reduce viral transmission in
humans, but an effective therapeutic will require unusually high breadth and potency of …

Assessing the safety and pharmacokinetics of the anti-HIV monoclonal antibody CAP256V2LS alone and in combination with VRC07-523LS and PGT121 in South …

S Mahomed, N Garrett, QA Karim, NY Zuma… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction New HIV prevention strategies are urgently required. The discovery of broadly
neutralising antibodies (bNAbs) has provided the opportunity to evaluate passive …