Review
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope gp41 immunogen design, immunization regimen and immune effects
Yang Bai, Chen Yuan, Hong Ling, Min Zhuang
Published 2017-05-05
Cite as Int J Immunol, 2017, 40(3): 297-302. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4394.2017.03.014
Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus type(HIV)-1 gp41 is relatively conserved, and its membrane proximal external region (MPER) contains some broad neutralizing antibody (bNAb) epitopes.In HIV vaccine studies, though HIV-1 gp41 MPER immunogens have been investigated, their immune effects are still not ideal.In recent years the bNAbs for interface of gp120 and gp41 were found and provided the novel targets for developing HIV vaccines.How to mimic the native like structures of gp41 to induce bNAbs is a major goal for HIV vaccine research.The feasibility of HIV-1 gp41 as an immunogen candidate and how to improve its immune effects will be explored base on the research about bNAbs epitopes targeting gp41, modifications of gp41 immunogens, immunization regimens and the immune effects.
Key words:
Human immunodeficiency virus type; gp41; bNAbs; Immunogen design; Immunization regimen
Contributor Information
Yang Bai
Department of Microbiology, Harbin Medical University, Wu Lien-Teh institute, Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity
Key Laboratory of Pathogen Biology in Heilongjiang Provincial Education Institute, Harbin 150081, China
Chen Yuan
Hong Ling
Min Zhuang