The evolutionary and functional significance of germline immunoglobulin gene variation

M Pennell, OL Rodriguez, CT Watson, V Greiff - Trends in immunology, 2023 - cell.com
The recombination between immunoglobulin (IG) gene segments determines an individual's
naïve antibody repertoire and, consequently,(auto) antigen recognition. Emerging evidence …

Influence of glycosylation on the immunogenicity and antigenicity of viral immunogens

ML Newby, JD Allen, M Crispin - Biotechnology Advances, 2024 - Elsevier
A key aspect of successful viral vaccine design is the elicitation of neutralizing antibodies
targeting viral attachment and fusion glycoproteins that embellish viral particles. This …

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 …

mRNA-LNP HIV-1 trimer boosters elicit precursors to broad neutralizing antibodies

Z ** of Glycosylated Epitopes Enabled by Online Immobilized Glycosidase
TR O'Leary, D Balasubramaniam, K Hughes… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen–deuterium exchange coupled with mass spectrometry (HDX–MS) is widely used
for monoclonal antibody (mAb) epitope map**, which aids in the development of …

Mutation-guided vaccine design: A process for develo** boosting immunogens for HIV broadly neutralizing antibody induction

K Wiehe, KO Saunders, V Stalls, DW Cain… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2024 - cell.com
A major goal of HIV-1 vaccine development is the induction of broadly neutralizing
antibodies (bnAbs). Although success has been achieved in initiating bnAb B cell lineages …

Visualizing lipid nanoparticle trafficking for mRNA vaccine delivery in non-human primates

M Buckley, M Araínga, L Maiorino, IS Pires, BJ Kim… - Molecular Therapy, 2025 - cell.com
ABSTRACT mRNA delivered using lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) has become an important
subunit vaccine modality, but mechanisms of action for mRNA vaccines remain incompletely …

Vaccinating people living with HIV: a fast track to preventive and therapeutic HIV vaccines

A Trkola, PL Moore - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2024 - thelancet.com
Globally, the number of new HIV infections remains unacceptably high, and urgent new
approaches are needed to advance HIV vaccine science. However, the development of a …