Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Immune checkpoint modulation enhances HIV-1 antibody induction

  • Todd Bradley,
  • Masayuki Kuraoka,
  • Chen-Hao Yeh,
  • Ming Tian,
  • Huan Chen,
  • Derek W. Cain,
  • Xuejun Chen,
  • Cheng Cheng,
  • Ali H. Ellebedy,
  • Robert Parks,
  • Maggie Barr,
  • Laura L. Sutherland,
  • Richard M. Scearce,
  • Cindy M. Bowman,
  • Hilary Bouton-Verville,
  • Sampa Santra,
  • Kevin Wiehe,
  • Mark G. Lewis,
  • Ane Ogbe,
  • Persephone Borrow,
  • David Montefiori,
  • Mattia Bonsignori,
  • M. Anthony Moody,
  • Laurent Verkoczy,
  • Kevin O. Saunders,
  • Rafi Ahmed,
  • John R. Mascola,
  • Garnett Kelsoe,
  • Frederick W. Alt,
  • Barton F. Haynes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14670-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Elucidation of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAb) is a goal in HIV vaccine development. Here, Bradley et al. show that administration of CTLA-4 blocking antibody with vaccine antigens increases HIV-1 envelope antibody responses in macaques and a bnAb precursor mouse model.