V1V2-specific complement activating serum IgG as a correlate of reduced HIV-1 infection risk in RV144.

Non-neutralizing IgG to the V1V2 loop of HIV-1 gp120 correlates with a decreased risk of HIV-1 infection but the mechanism of protection remains unknown. This V1V2 IgG correlate was identified in RV144 Thai trial vaccine recipients, who were primed with a canarypox vector expressing membrane-bound g...

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Main Authors: Lautaro G Perez, David R Martinez, Allan C deCamp, Abraham Pinter, Phillip W Berman, Donald Francis, Faruk Sinangil, Carter Lee, Kelli Greene, Hongmei Gao, Sorachai Nitayaphan, Supachai Rerks-Ngarm, Jaranit Kaewkungwal, Punnee Pitisuttithum, James Tartaglia, Robert J O'Connell, Merlin L Robb, Nelson L Michael, Jerome H Kim, Peter Gilbert, David C Montefiori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5498072?pdf=render