1. Development of bivalent (B/E) vaccines able to neutralize CCR5-dependent viruses from the United States and Thailand.
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Berman PW, Huang W, Riddle L, Gray AM, Wrin T, Vennari J, Johnson A, Klaussen M, Prashad H, Köhne C, deWit C, and Gregory TJ
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- Animals, Gene Products, env immunology, HIV Antibodies biosynthesis, HIV Antigens immunology, HIV Envelope Protein gp120 metabolism, HIV Infections prevention & control, HIV Infections virology, Humans, In Vitro Techniques, Macrophages virology, Neutralization Tests, Phenotype, Rabbits, Receptors, CXCR4 metabolism, Recombinant Proteins immunology, Thailand, United States, AIDS Vaccines, HIV-1 classification, HIV-1 immunology, Receptors, CCR5
- Abstract
Recombinant envelope glycoproteins prepared from a subtype B (MN) strain and a subtype E (CM244) strain of HIV-1 were combined to create a bivalent vaccine (B/E) effective against viruses circulating in the United States and Asia. Combining the two antigens resulted in formulations that increased the breadth and potency of the inter-subtype neutralizing response. Antibodies to the bivalent vaccine formulation neutralized viruses possessing diverse phenotypes, including syncytia-inducing and non-syncytia-inducing primary isolates, viruses using either the CCR5 or the CXCR4 chemokine receptors, and viruses differing in their sensitivity to soluble CD4. These studies demonstrate for the first time that the magnitude and quality of the immune response to HIV-1 can be improved by combining recombinant envelope glycoproteins from different genetic subtypes., (Copyright 1999 Academic Press.)
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- 1999
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