Abstract

Significant progress has been made in the rational design of immunogens for an HIV vaccine. Atomic-level structures of viral surface proteins in key functional states, or in complex with neutralizing antibodies, reveal important viral epitopes, providing targets for antibody elicitation. Structure-based computational methods can increase the efficiency, accuracy, and likelihood of success for immunogen design efforts. Specifically, through structural analysis, manipulation, and redesign, we expect a variety of computational techniques to be applied to generate immunogens that focus the immune response: (1) away from undesirably immuno-dominant regions; and (2) towards specific target epitopes. Such rationally designed immunogens are thus expected to enable the elicitation of broadly neutralizing antibodies capable of neutralizing a diverse range of HIV-1 isolates.

  Funding Agency

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National Institute of Health (NIH)
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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Scientific Cores Intramural Research (ZIC)
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1ZICAI005114-07
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9352191
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7
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2016
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  Publications

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Zhou, Tongqing; Doria-Rose, Nicole A; Cheng, Cheng et al. (2017) Quantification of the Impact of the HIV-1-Glycan Shield on Antibody Elicitation. Cell Rep 19:719-732

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