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ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2015

Capitalizing on knowledge of hepatitis C virus neutralizing epitopes for rational vaccine design.

Leopold Kong, Kelli N Jackson, Ian A Wilson, Mansun Law

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Review in Current opinion in virology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Antibody Responses in Hepatitis C Infection.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2021
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  9. Design of a native-like secreted form of the hepatitis C virus E1E2 heterodimer.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  17. Immunogenetic and structural analysis of a class of HCV broadly neutralizing antibodies and their precursors.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Leopold KongDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Kelli N JacksonDepartment of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Ian A WilsonDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Mansun LawDepartment of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: mlaw@scripps.edu.

Funding

Understanding human neutralizing antibodies to hepatitis C virusR01AI079031 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI LAW, MANSUN · 2008 to 2017
$4.6M
Structural Biology of HIV-1 Neutralizing Antibody Targets for Vaccine DesignR01AI084817 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI WILSON, IAN A · 2009 to 2013
$3.2M
Dissecting virus neutralizing determinants to guide HCV vaccine developmentR01AI106005 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI LAW, MANSUN · 2014 to 2017
$1.5M
Structure and dynamics of native HIV-1 envelope trimersR56AI084817 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI WILSON, IAN A · 2015 to 2015
$593k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI079031NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI084817NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI106005NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI084817
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus infects nearly 3% of the world's population and is often referred as a silent epidemic. It is a leading cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in endemic countries. Although antiviral drugs are now available, they are not readily accessible to marginalized social groups and developing nations that are disproportionally impacted by HCV. To stop the HCV pandemic, a vaccine is needed. Recent advances in HCV research have provided new opportunities for studying HCV neutralizing antibodies and their subsequent use for rational vaccine design. It is now recognized that neutralizing antibodies to conserved antigenic sites of the virus can cross-neutralize diverse HCV genotypes and protect against infection in vivo. Structural characterization of the neutralizing epitopes has provided valuable information for design of candidate immunogens.

Indexed as

Antibodies, NeutralizingDrug DiscoveryEpitopes, B-LymphocyteHepacivirusHepatitis C AntibodiesHumansViral VaccinesAntibodies, NeutralizingEpitopes, B-LymphocyteHepatitis C AntibodiesViral Vaccines

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PMID25932568
PMCPMC4507806

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