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SUBMITTER: Hsu DC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5443372 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hsu Denise C DC O'Connell Robert J RJ
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20170310 5
An HIV-1 vaccine is needed to curtail the HIV epidemic. Only one (RV144) out of the 6 HIV-1 vaccine efficacy trials performed showed efficacy. A potential mechanism of protection is the induction of functional antibodies to V1V2 region of HIV envelope. The 2 main current approaches to the generation of protective immunity are through broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAb) and induction of functional antibodies (non-neutralizing Abs with other potential anti-viral functions). Passive immunization ...[more]