The importance of cellular immune response to HIV: implications for antibody production and vaccine design
Despite many years from the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a prophylactic vaccine against HIV is still needed. The failure of most of the vaccine clinical trials in the field has different causes, mainly due by the difficulties to identify the correct antigen able to prime the opti...
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Mary Ann Liebert
2021
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| description | Despite many years from the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a prophylactic vaccine against HIV is still needed. The failure of most of the vaccine clinical trials in the field has different causes, mainly due by the difficulties to identify the correct antigen able to prime the optimal B cell lineage and then make the series of somatic mutations necessary to generate broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs). B cells are responsible for the bNAbs production; however, their function is strongly influenced by the presence of a population of CD4<sup>+</sup> T lymphocytes, mainly present in the lymphoid organs, the T follicular helper cells (Tfh). In this review, the importance of the contribution of Tfh cells in HIV response is highlighted and future therapy perspectives based on these observations are described. The advanced technology available nowadays and the wide knowledge built over the past years for HIV may eventually create the best scenario for the generation of an effective vaccine. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:cd2ae3d8-0bb3-4c8a-9b6d-ce62bb687d2b2022-03-27T07:26:52ZThe importance of cellular immune response to HIV: implications for antibody production and vaccine designJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:cd2ae3d8-0bb3-4c8a-9b6d-ce62bb687d2bEnglishSymplectic ElementsMary Ann Liebert2021Brenna, EMcMichael, AJDespite many years from the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a prophylactic vaccine against HIV is still needed. The failure of most of the vaccine clinical trials in the field has different causes, mainly due by the difficulties to identify the correct antigen able to prime the optimal B cell lineage and then make the series of somatic mutations necessary to generate broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs). B cells are responsible for the bNAbs production; however, their function is strongly influenced by the presence of a population of CD4<sup>+</sup> T lymphocytes, mainly present in the lymphoid organs, the T follicular helper cells (Tfh). In this review, the importance of the contribution of Tfh cells in HIV response is highlighted and future therapy perspectives based on these observations are described. The advanced technology available nowadays and the wide knowledge built over the past years for HIV may eventually create the best scenario for the generation of an effective vaccine. |
| spellingShingle | Brenna, E McMichael, AJ The importance of cellular immune response to HIV: implications for antibody production and vaccine design |
| title | The importance of cellular immune response to HIV: implications for antibody production and vaccine design |
| title_full | The importance of cellular immune response to HIV: implications for antibody production and vaccine design |
| title_fullStr | The importance of cellular immune response to HIV: implications for antibody production and vaccine design |
| title_full_unstemmed | The importance of cellular immune response to HIV: implications for antibody production and vaccine design |
| title_short | The importance of cellular immune response to HIV: implications for antibody production and vaccine design |
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