Elicitation of broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1 – the germline/maturation hypothesis

We have previously observed that all known broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against HIV-1 are highly divergent from their putative germline predecessors in contrast to bnAbs against henipaviruses and SARS coronavirus, which are much less divergent from their germline counterparts. We have hyp...

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Main Authors: Prabakaran ePonraj, Weizao eChen, Dimiter S Dimitrov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
IgM
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00398/full