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2. Evolution of protective SARS-CoV-2-specific B and T cell responses upon vaccination and Omicron breakthrough infection.
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Ahmed MIM, Einhauser S, Peiter C, Senninger A, Baranov O, Eser TM, Huth M, Olbrich L, Castelletti N, Rubio-Acero R, Carnell G, Heeney J, Kroidl I, Held K, Wieser A, Janke C, Hoelscher M, Hasenauer J, Wagner R, and Geldmacher C
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron breakthrough infection (BTI) induced better protection than triple vaccination. To address the underlying immunological mechanisms, we studied antibody and T cell response dynamics during vaccination and after BTI. Each vaccination significantly increased peak neutralization titers with simultaneous increases in circulating spike-specific T cell frequencies. Neutralization titers significantly associated with a reduced hazard rate for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Yet, 97% of triple vaccinees became SARS-CoV-2 infected. BTI further boosted neutralization magnitude and breadth, broadened virus-specific T cell responses to non-vaccine-encoded antigens, and protected with an efficiency of 88% from further infections by December 2022. This effect was then assessed by utilizing mathematical modeling, which accounted for time-dependent infection risk, the antibody, and T cell concentration at any time point after BTI. Our findings suggest that cross-variant protective hybrid immunity induced by vaccination and BTI was an important contributor to the reduced virus transmission observed in Bavaria in late 2022 and thereafter., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests., (© 2024 The Authors.)
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- 2024
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3. Mpox-specific immune responses elicited by vaccination or infection in people living with HIV.
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Grüner E, Grossegesse M, Stern D, Ober V, Eser TM, Reiling G, Stirner R, Ibarra G, Postel N, Conca R, Dächert C, Grifoni A, Sette A, Bogner J, Seybold U, and Roider J
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In the recent mpox outbreak, people living with HIV (PLWH) were at high risk both for contracting infection and for suffering a more severe disease course. We studied cellular and humoral immune responses elicited by mpox infection (n = 5; n = 3 PLWH) or smallpox vaccination (n = 17; all PLWH) in a cohort of men who have sex with men. All PLWH were successfully treated, with stable CD4 counts and undetectable HIV viral loads. 11/17 vaccinated individuals had received childhood smallpox vaccination. In this group of individuals, both two-dose MVA-vaccination and natural infection evoked mpox-specific immune responses mediated by B cells as well as CD4 and CD8 T cells. This study improves our understanding of smallpox vaccination mediated cross-reactivity to other orthopox viruses, and the long-lasting durability of childhood smallpox vaccination mediated immune responses including in PLWH., (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact reprints@oup.com for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site—for further information please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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- 2024
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4. Studying temporal titre evolution of commercial SARS-CoV-2 assays reveals significant shortcomings of using BAU standardization for comparison.
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Kroidl I, Winter S, Rubio-Acero R, Bakuli A, Geldmacher C, Eser TM, Déak F, Horn S, Zielke A, Ahmed MIM, Diepers P, Guggenbühl J, Frese J, Bruger J, Puchinger K, Reich J, Falk P, Markgraf A, Fensterseifer H, Paunovic I, Thomschke A, Pritsch M, Riess F, Saathoff E, Hoelscher M, Olbrich L, Castelletti N, and Wieser A
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- Humans, SARS-CoV-2 genetics, Antibodies, Viral, Biological Assay, Immunoglobulin G, COVID-19 diagnosis
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Background: Measuring specific anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies has become one of the main epidemiological tools to survey the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, but also vaccination response. The WHO made available a set of well-characterized samples derived from recovered individuals to allow normalization between different quantitative anti-Spike assays to defined Binding Antibody Units (BAU)., Methods: To assess sero-responses longitudinally, a cohort of ninety-nine SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positive subjects was followed up together with forty-five vaccinees without previous infection but with two vaccinations. Sero-responses were evaluated using a total of six different assays: four measuring anti-Spike proteins (converted to BAU), one measuring anti-Nucleocapsid proteins and one SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization. Both cohorts were evaluated using the Euroimmun Anti-SARS-CoV-2-ELISA anti-S1 IgG and the Roche Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 anti-S1 assay., Results: In SARS-CoV-2-convalesce subjects, the BAU-sero-responses of Euroimmun Anti-SARS-CoV-2-ELISA anti-S1 IgG and Roche Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 anti-S1 peaked both at 47 (43-51) days, the first assay followed by a slow decay thereafter (> 208 days), while the second assay not presenting any decay within one year. Both assay values in BAUs are only equivalent a few months after infection, elsewhere correction factors up to 10 are necessary. In contrast, in infection-naive vaccinees the assays perform similarly., Conclusion: The results of our study suggest that the establishment of a protective correlate or vaccination booster recommendation based on different assays, although BAU-standardised, is still challenging. At the moment the characteristics of the available assays used are not related, and the BAU-standardisation is unable to correct for that., (© 2023. BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature.)
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- 2023
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5. Nucleocapsid-specific T cell responses associate with control of SARS-CoV-2 in the upper airways before seroconversion.
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Eser TM, Baranov O, Huth M, Ahmed MIM, Deák F, Held K, Lin L, Pekayvaz K, Leunig A, Nicolai L, Pollakis G, Buggert M, Price DA, Rubio-Acero R, Reich J, Falk P, Markgraf A, Puchinger K, Castelletti N, Olbrich L, Vanshylla K, Klein F, Wieser A, Hasenauer J, Kroidl I, Hoelscher M, and Geldmacher C
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- Humans, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Seroconversion, Nucleocapsid, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19
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Despite intensive research since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, it has remained unclear precisely which components of the early immune response protect against the development of severe COVID-19. Here, we perform a comprehensive immunogenetic and virologic analysis of nasopharyngeal and peripheral blood samples obtained during the acute phase of infection with SARS-CoV-2. We find that soluble and transcriptional markers of systemic inflammation peak during the first week after symptom onset and correlate directly with upper airways viral loads (UA-VLs), whereas the contemporaneous frequencies of circulating viral nucleocapsid (NC)-specific CD4
+ and CD8+ T cells correlate inversely with various inflammatory markers and UA-VLs. In addition, we show that high frequencies of activated CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are present in acutely infected nasopharyngeal tissue, many of which express genes encoding various effector molecules, such as cytotoxic proteins and IFN-γ. The presence of IFNG mRNA-expressing CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the infected epithelium is further linked with common patterns of gene expression among virus-susceptible target cells and better local control of SARS-CoV-2. Collectively, these results identify an immune correlate of protection against SARS-CoV-2, which could inform the development of more effective vaccines to combat the acute and chronic illnesses attributable to COVID-19., (© 2023. The Author(s).)- Published
- 2023
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6. Impact of Omicron Variant Infection on Assessment of Spike-Specific Immune Responses Using the EUROIMMUN Quan-T-Cell SARS-CoV-2 Assay and Roche Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2-S.
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Ahmed MIM, Plank M, Castelletti N, Diepers P, Eser TM, Rubio-Acero R, Noreña I, Reinkemeyer C, Zapf D, Hoelscher M, Janke C, Wieser A, Geldmacher C, and On Behalf Of The KoCo/Orchestra Study Group
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The currently prevailing variants of SARS-CoV-2 are subvariants of the Omicron variant. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of mutations in the Spike protein of Omicron on the results Quan-T-Cell SARS-CoV-2 assays and Roche Elecsys anti-SARS-CoV-2 anti-S1. Omicron infected subjects (( n = 37), vaccinated ( n = 20) and unvaccinated ( n = 17)) were recruited approximately 3 weeks after a positive PCR test. The Quan-T-Cell SARS-CoV-2 assays (EUROIMMUN) using Wuhan and the Omicron adapted antigen assay and a serological test (Roche Elecsys anti-SARS-CoV-2 anti-S1) were performed. Using the original Wuhan SARS-CoV-2 IGRA TUBE, in 19 of 21 tested Omicron infected subjects, a positive IFNy response was detected, while 2 non-vaccinated but infected subjects did not respond. The Omicron adapted antigen tube resulted in comparable results. In contrast, the serological assay detected a factor 100-fold lower median Spike-specific RBD antibody concentration in non-vaccinated Omicron infected patients ( n = 12) compared to patients from the pre Omicron era ( n = 12) at matched time points, and eight individuals remained below the detection threshold for positivity. For vaccinated subjects, the Roche assay detected antibodies in all subjects and showed a 400 times higher median specific antibody concentration compared to non-vaccinated infected subjects in the pre-Omicron era. Our results suggest that Omicron antigen adapted IGRA stimulator tubes did not improve detection of SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cell responses in the Quant-T-Cell-SARS-CoV-2 assay. In non-vaccinated Omicron infected individuals, the Wuhan based Elecsys anti-SARS-CoV-2 anti-S1 serological assay results in many negative results at 3 weeks after diagnosis.
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- 2023
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7. Enhanced Spike-specific, but attenuated Nucleocapsid-specific T cell responses upon SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough versus non-breakthrough infections.
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Ahmed MIM, Diepers P, Janke C, Plank M, Eser TM, Rubio-Acero R, Fuchs A, Baranov O, Castelletti N, Kroidl I, Olbrich L, Bauer B, Wang D, Prelog M, Liese JG, Reinkemeyer C, Hoelscher M, Steininger P, Überla K, Wieser A, and Geldmacher C
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- Humans, COVID-19 Vaccines, Nucleocapsid, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19
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SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections frequently occurred even before the emergence of Omicron variants. Yet, relatively little is known about the impact of vaccination on SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell and antibody response dynamics upon breakthrough infection. We have therefore studied the dynamics of CD4 and CD8 T cells targeting the vaccine-encoded Spike and the non-encoded Nucleocapsid antigens during breakthrough infections (BTI, n=24) and in unvaccinated control infections (non-BTI, n=30). Subjects with vaccine breakthrough infection had significantly higher CD4 and CD8 T cell responses targeting the vaccine-encoded Spike during the first and third/fourth week after PCR diagnosis compared to non-vaccinated controls, respectively. In contrast, CD4 T cells targeting the non-vaccine encoded Nucleocapsid antigen were of significantly lower magnitude in BTI as compared to non-BTI. Hence, previous vaccination was linked to enhanced T cell responses targeting the vaccine-encoded Spike antigen, while responses against the non-vaccine encoded Nucleocapsid antigen were significantly attenuated., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 Ahmed, Diepers, Janke, Plank, Eser, Rubio-Acero, Fuchs, Baranov, Castelletti, Kroidl, Olbrich, Bauer, Wang, Prelog, Liese, Reinkemeyer, Hoelscher, Steininger, Überla, Wieser and Geldmacher.)
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- 2022
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8. The interplay of viral loads, clinical presentation, and serological responses in SARS-CoV-2 - Results from a prospective cohort of outpatient COVID-19 cases.
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Puchinger K, Castelletti N, Rubio-Acero R, Geldmacher C, Eser TM, Deák F, Paunovic I, Bakuli A, Saathoff E, von Meyer A, Markgraf A, Falk P, Reich J, Riess F, Girl P, Müller K, Radon K, Guggenbuehl Noller JM, Wölfel R, Hoelscher M, Kroidl I, Wieser A, and Olbrich L
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- Adolescent, Adult, COVID-19 complications, Child, Cohort Studies, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Middle Aged, Outpatients, Pandemics, Serologic Tests methods, Symptom Assessment, Young Adult, COVID-19 diagnosis, COVID-19 virology, SARS-CoV-2 physiology, Viral Load
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Risk factors for disease progression and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections require an understanding of acute and long-term virological and immunological dynamics. Fifty-one RT-PCR positive COVID-19 outpatients were recruited between May and December 2020 in Munich, Germany, and followed up at multiple defined timepoints for up to one year. RT-PCR and viral culture were performed and seroresponses measured. Participants were classified applying the WHO clinical progression scale. Short symptom to test time (median 5.0 days; p = 0.0016) and high viral loads (VL; median maximum VL: 3∙10
8 copies/mL; p = 0.0015) were indicative for viral culture positivity. Participants with WHO grade 3 at baseline had significantly higher VLs compared to those with WHO 1 and 2 (p = 0.01). VLs dropped fast within 1 week of symptom onset. Maximum VLs were positively correlated with the magnitude of Ro-N-Ig seroresponse (p = 0.022). Our results describe the dynamics of VLs and antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in mild to moderate cases that can support public health measures during the ongoing global pandemic., (Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2022
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9. SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant infection elicits potent lineage-specific and cross-reactive antibodies.
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Reincke SM, Yuan M, Kornau HC, Corman VM, van Hoof S, Sánchez-Sendin E, Ramberger M, Yu W, Hua Y, Tien H, Schmidt ML, Schwarz T, Jeworowski LM, Brandl SE, Rasmussen HF, Homeyer MA, Stöffler L, Barner M, Kunkel D, Huo S, Horler J, von Wardenburg N, Kroidl I, Eser TM, Wieser A, Geldmacher C, Hoelscher M, Gänzer H, Weiss G, Schmitz D, Drosten C, Prüss H, Wilson IA, and Kreye J
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antibodies, Neutralizing chemistry, Antibodies, Neutralizing genetics, Antibodies, Viral genetics, Antibodies, Viral metabolism, Antigenic Drift and Shift, COVID-19 virology, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neutralization Tests, Protein Binding, Protein Domains, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, SARS-CoV-2 chemistry, SARS-CoV-2 genetics, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus chemistry, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus genetics, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus metabolism, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, Antibodies, Viral immunology, COVID-19 immunology, Cross Reactions, SARS-CoV-2 immunology, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus immunology
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Beta variant of concern (VOC) resists neutralization by major classes of antibodies from COVID-19 patients and vaccinated individuals. In this study, serum of Beta-infected patients revealed reduced cross-neutralization of wild-type virus. From these patients, we isolated Beta-specific and cross-reactive receptor-binding domain (RBD) antibodies. The Beta-specificity results from recruitment of VOC-specific clonotypes and accommodation of mutations present in Beta and Omicron into a major antibody class that is normally sensitive to these mutations. The Beta-elicited cross-reactive antibodies share genetic and structural features with wild type-elicited antibodies, including a public VH1-58 clonotype that targets the RBD ridge. These findings advance our understanding of the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 shaped by antigenic drift, with implications for design of next-generation vaccines and therapeutics.
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- 2022
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10. Broad T Cell Targeting of Structural Proteins After SARS-CoV-2 Infection: High Throughput Assessment of T Cell Reactivity Using an Automated Interferon Gamma Release Assay.
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Brand I, Gilberg L, Bruger J, Garí M, Wieser A, Eser TM, Frese J, Ahmed MIM, Rubio-Acero R, Guggenbuehl Noller JM, Castelletti N, Diekmannshemke J, Thiesbrummel S, Huynh D, Winter S, Kroidl I, Fuchs C, Hoelscher M, Roider J, Kobold S, Pritsch M, and Geldmacher C
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antibodies, Viral blood, COVID-19 blood, Female, Humans, Interferon-gamma Release Tests, Male, Middle Aged, Young Adult, COVID-19 immunology, Interferon-gamma immunology, SARS-CoV-2 immunology, T-Lymphocytes immunology, Viral Structural Proteins immunology
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Background: Adaptive immune responses to structural proteins of the virion play a crucial role in protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We therefore studied T cell responses against multiple SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins in a large cohort using a simple, fast, and high-throughput approach., Methods: An automated interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) for the Nucleocapsid (NC)-, Membrane (M)-, Spike-C-terminus (SCT)-, and N-terminus-protein (SNT)-specific T cell responses was performed using fresh whole blood from study subjects with convalescent, confirmed COVID-19 (n = 177, more than 200 days post infection), exposed household members (n = 145), and unexposed controls (n = 85). SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies were assessed using Elecsys
® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 (Ro-N-Ig) and Anti-SARS-CoV-2-ELISA (IgG) (EI-S1-IgG)., Results: 156 of 177 (88%) previously PCR confirmed cases were still positive by Ro-N-Ig more than 200 days after infection. In T cells, most frequently the M-protein was targeted by 88% seropositive, PCR confirmed cases, followed by SCT (85%), NC (82%), and SNT (73%), whereas each of these antigens was recognized by less than 14% of non-exposed control subjects. Broad targeting of these structural virion proteins was characteristic of convalescent SARS-CoV-2 infection; 68% of all seropositive individuals targeted all four tested antigens. Indeed, anti-NC antibody titer correlated loosely, but significantly with the magnitude and breadth of the SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell response. Age, sex, and body mass index were comparable between the different groups., Conclusion: SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity correlates with broad T cell reactivity of the structural virus proteins at 200 days after infection and beyond. The SARS-CoV-2-IGRA can facilitate large scale determination of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell responses with high accuracy against multiple targets., Competing Interests: MP reports grant and non-financial support from Bavarian Ministry for Science and the Arts, non-financial support from Euroimmun, and non-financial support from Roche, during the conduct of the study. JB reports grant and non-financial support from Bavarian Ministry for Science and the Arts. IB and LG report non-financial support from Euroimmun. AW reports personal fees and non-financial support from Roche Diagnostics, non-financial support from Euroimmun, non-financial support from Viramed, non-financial support from Mikrogen, grants, non-financial support and other from German Center for Infection Research DZIF, grants and non-financial support from Government of Bavaria, non-financial support from BMW, non-financial support from Munich Police, from LGL, non-financial support and other from Accenture, during the conduct of the study; non-financial support and other from Bielefeld University, non-financial support and other from Bonn University, non-financial support and other from Helmholtz München, non-financial support and other from Bundeswehr (German army), personal fees and non-financial support from Dr.Box-Betrobox, non-financial support from Dr. Becker MVZ, outside the submitted work; In addition, AW has a patent Sample System for Diagnostics of SARS-CoV-2 pending to Wieser, Hoelscher, Becker. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2021 Brand, Gilberg, Bruger, Garí, Wieser, Eser, Frese, Ahmed, Rubio-Acero, Guggenbuehl Noller, Castelletti, Diekmannshemke, Thiesbrummel, Huynh, Winter, Kroidl, Fuchs, Hoelscher, Roider, Kobold, Pritsch and Geldmacher.)- Published
- 2021
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11. CD34T+ Humanized Mouse Model to Study Mucosal HIV-1 Transmission and Prevention.
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Vanshylla K, Held K, Eser TM, Gruell H, Kleipass F, Stumpf R, Jain K, Weiland D, Münch J, Grüttner B, Geldmacher C, and Klein F
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Humanized mice are critical for HIV-1 research, but humanized mice generated from cord blood are inefficient at mucosal HIV-1 transmission. Most mucosal HIV-1 transmission studies in mice require fetal tissue-engraftment, the use of which is highly restricted or prohibited. We present a fetal tissue-independent model called CD34T+ with enhanced human leukocyte levels in the blood and improved T cell homing to the gut-associated lymphoid tissue. CD34T+ mice are highly permissive to intra-rectal HIV-1 infection and also show normal env diversification in vivo despite high viral replication. Moreover, mucosal infection in CD34T+ mice can be prevented by infusion of broadly neutralizing antibodies. CD34T+ mice can be rapidly and easily generated using only cord blood cells and do not require any complicated surgical procedures for the humanization process. Therefore, CD34T+ mice provide a novel platform for mucosal HIV-1 transmission studies as well as rapid in vivo testing of novel prevention molecules against HIV-1.
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- 2021
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