Broadly neutralizing human anti-HIV antibody 2G12 is effective in protection against mucosal SHIV challenge even at low serum neutralizing titers.

Developing an immunogen that elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) is an elusive but important goal of HIV vaccine research, especially after the recent failure of the leading T cell based HIV vaccine in human efficacy trials. Even if such an immunogen can be developed, most animal model s...

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Main Authors: Ann J Hessell, Eva G Rakasz, Pascal Poignard, Lars Hangartner, Gary Landucci, Donald N Forthal, Wayne C Koff, David I Watkins, Dennis R Burton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2674935?pdf=render