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ReviewVaccines2019

Nanobodies that Neutralize HIV.

Robin A Weiss, C Theo Verrips

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Review in Vaccines, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Ultrapotent Broadly Neutralizing Human-llama Bispecific Antibodies against HIV-1.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  20. Fully synthetic platform to rapidly generate tetravalent bispecific nanobody-based immunoglobulins.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Robin A WeissDivision of Infection & Immunity, University College London, 90 Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. r.weiss@ucl.ac.uk.
C Theo VerripsQVQ Holding bv, Padualaan 8, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands. theo.verrips@outlook.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanobodies or VHH (variable domains of heavy-chain only antibodies) are derived from camelid species such as llamas and camels. Nanobodies isolated and selected through phage display can neutralize a broad range of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) strains. Nanobodies fit into canyons on the HIV envelope that may not be accessible to IgG (immunoglobulin G) containing both heavy and light chains, and they tend to have long CDR3 (complementarity-determining region 3) loops that further enhance recognition of otherwise cryptic epitopes. Nanobodies are readily expressed at high levels in bacteria and yeast, as well as by viral vectors, and they form relatively stable, heat-resistant molecules. Nanobodies can be linked to human Fc chains to gain immune effector functions. Bivalent and trivalent nanobodies recognizing the same or distinct epitopes on the envelope glycoproteins, gp120 and gp41, greatly increase the potency of HIV-1 neutralization. Nanobodies have potential applications for HIV-1 diagnostics, vaccine design, microbicides, immunoprophylaxis, and immunotherapy.

Indexed as

HIV-1microbicidenanobodyneutralizationvaccine designVHH

Identifiers

PMID31370301
PMCPMC6789485

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