B cell responses to HIV-1 infection and vaccination: pathways to preventing infection.
The B cell arm of the immune response becomes activated soon after HIV-1 transmission, yet the initial antibody response does not control HIV-1 replication, and it takes months for neutralizing antibodies to develop against the autologous virus. Antibodies that can be broadly protective are made only in a minority of subjects and take years to develop--too late to affect the course of disease. New studies of the earliest stages of HIV-1 infection, new techniques to probe the human B cell repertoire, the modest degree of efficacy in a vaccine trial and new studies of human monoclonal antibodies that represent the types of immune responses an HIV-1 vaccine should induce are collectively illuminating paths that a successful HIV-1 vaccine might take.
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- Vaccination
- Mucous Membrane
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- Humans
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- HIV Infections
- HIV Envelope Protein gp120
- HIV Antibodies
- B-Lymphocytes
- Antibody Formation
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Vaccination
- Mucous Membrane
- Immunology
- Humans
- HIV-1
- HIV Infections
- HIV Envelope Protein gp120
- HIV Antibodies
- B-Lymphocytes
- Antibody Formation