A Bispecific Antibody That Simultaneously Recognizes the V2- and V3-Glycan Epitopes of the HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Is Broader and More Potent than Its Parental Antibodies

ABSTRACT Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) can prevent and control an HIV-1 infection, but their breadth is invariably too limited for use as monotherapy. To address this problem, bi- and trispecific antibody-like constructs have been developed. These engineered antibodies typically have great...

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Main Authors: Meredith E. Davis-Gardner, Barnett Alfant, Jesse A. Weber, Matthew R. Gardner, Michael Farzan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-02-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.03080-19