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Mosaic vaccines elicit CD8+ T lymphocyte responses that confer enhanced immune coverage of diverse HIV strains in monkeys

Authors :
Keith G. Mansfield
Barton F. Haynes
Norman L. Letvin
Robert Parks
Adam P. Buzby
Harikrishnan Balachandran
David S Quinn
Hua-Xin Liao
Chun-Yen Tsao
Barbara K. Felber
Ruijin Zhang
James Theiler
Mark Muldoon
Angela Carville
Sydeaka Watson
George N. Pavlakis
Sampa Santra
James J. Szinger
Will Fischer
Bette T. Korber
Source :
Nature Medicine. 16:324-328
Publication Year :
2010
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2010.

Abstract

Vaccine design is challenging when the infectious agent is genetically diverse. Polyvalent 'mosaic' antigens might be used to address this challenge, and these two studies show promising results in monkeys infected with HIV-1.

Details

ISSN :
1546170X and 10788956
Volume :
16
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........2576f380d96b6776bfa8b35f458b84fd
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.2108