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ArticleVaccines2020

Virus-Like Particle Based Vaccines Elicit Neutralizing Antibodies against the HIV-1 Fusion Peptide.

Alemu Tekewe Mogus, Lihong Liu, Manxue Jia, Diane T Ajayi, Kai Xu, Rui Kong, Jing Huang, Jian Yu, Peter D Kwong, John R Mascola and 3 more

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Article in Vaccines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alemu Tekewe MogusDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Lihong LiuAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Manxue JiaAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Diane T AjayiDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Kai XuVaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5412-6942
Rui KongVaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Jing HuangAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Jian YuAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Peter D KwongVaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
John R MascolaVaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
David D HoAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Moriya TsujiAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8587-277X
Bryce ChackerianDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of New Mexico · US

Funding

National Institutes of Health R01AI124378
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) isolated from HIV-infected individuals delineate vulnerable sites on the HIV envelope glycoprotein that are potential vaccine targets. A linear epitope within the N-terminal region of the HIV-1 fusion peptide (FP8) is the primary target of VRC34.01, a bnAb that neutralizes ~50% of primary HIV isolates. FP8 has attracted attention as a potential HIV vaccine target because it is a simple linear epitope. Here, platform technologies based on RNA bacteriophage virus-like particles (VLPs) were used to develop multivalent vaccines targeting the FP8 epitope. Both recombinant MS2 VLPs displaying the FP8 peptide and Qβ VLPs displaying chemically conjugated FP8 peptide induced high titers of FP8-specific antibodies in mice. Moreover, a heterologous prime-boost-boost regimen employing the two FP8-VLP vaccines and native envelope trimer was the most effective approach for eliciting HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies. Given the potent immunogenicity of VLP-based vaccines, this vaccination strategy-inspired by bnAb-guided epitope mapping, VLP bioengineering, and prime-boost immunization approaches-may be a useful strategy for eliciting bnAb responses against HIV.

Indexed as

broadly neutralizing antibodyHIV-1 DS-SOSIP trimerHIV-1 fusion peptideprime-boost immunizationsvaccinevirus-like particles

Identifiers

PMID33333740
PMCPMC7765226
OpenAlexW3112727488

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