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Improved innate and adaptive immunostimulation by genetically modified HIV-1 protein expressing NYVAC vectors

Quakkelaar, Esther D. ; Redeker, Anke ; Haddad, Elias K. ; Harari, Alexandre ; McCaughey, Stella Mayo ; Duhen, Thomas ; Filali-Mouhim, Abdelali ; Goulet, Jean-Philippe ; Loof, Nikki M. ; Ossendorp, Ferry ; Perdiguero, Beatriz ; Heinen, Paul ; Gomez, Carmen E. ; Kibler, Karen V. ; Koelle, David M. ; Sékaly, Rafick P. ; Sallusto, Federica ; Lanzavecchia, Antonio ; Pantaleo, Giuseppe ; Esteban, Mariano ; Tartaglia, Jim ; Jacobs, Bertram L. ; Melief, Cornelis J. M.

In: Plos one, 2011, vol. 6, no. 2, p. e16819

Attenuated poxviruses are safe and capable of expressing foreign antigens. Poxviruses are applied in veterinary vaccination and explored as candidate vaccines for humans. However, poxviruses express multiple genes encoding proteins that interfere with components of the innate and adaptive immune response. This manuscript describes two strategies aimed to improve the immunogenicity of the...