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Structure and function analysis of an antibody recognizing all influenza A subtypes

Kallewaard, Nicole L. ; Corti, Davide ; Collins, Patrick J. ; Neu, Ursula ; McAuliffe, Josephine M. ; Benjamin, Ebony ; Wachter-Rosati, Leslie ; Palmer-Hill, Frances J. ; Yuan, Andy Q. ; Walker, Philip A. ; Vorlaender, Matthias K. ; Bianchi, Siro ; Guarino, Barbara ; De Marco, Anna ; Vanzetta, Fabrizia ; Agatic, Gloria ; Foglierini, Mathilde ; Pinna, Debora ; Fernandez-Rodriguez, Blanca ; Fruehwirth, Alexander ; Silacci, Chiara ; Ogrodowicz, Roksana W. ; Martin, Stephen R. ; Sallusto, Federica ; Suzich, JoAnn A. ; Lanzavecchia, Antonio ; Zhu, Qing ; Gamblin, Steven J. ; Skehel, John J.

In: Cell, 2016, vol. 166, no. 3, p. 596-608

Influenza virus remains a threat because of its ability to evade vaccine-induced immune responses due to antigenic drift. Here, we describe the isolation, evolution, and structure of a broad-spectrum human monoclonal antibody (mAb), MEDI8852, effectively reacting with all influenza A hemagglutinin (HA) subtypes. MEDI8852 uses the heavy-chain VH6-1 gene and has higher potency and breadth when...

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Development of broad‐spectrum human monoclonal antibodies for rabies post‐exposure prophylaxis

De Benedictis, Paola ; Minola, Andrea ; Rota Nodari, Elena ; Aiello, Roberta ; Zecchin, Barbara ; Salomoni, Angela ; Foglierini, Mathilde ; Agatic, Gloria ; Vanzetta, Fabrizia ; Lavenir, Rachel ; Lepelletier, Anthony ; Bentley, Emma ; Weiss, Robin ; Cattoli, Giovanni ; Capua, Ilaria ; Sallusto, Federica ; Wright, Edward ; Lanzavecchia, Antonio ; Bourhy, Hervé ; Corti, Davide

In: EMBO molecular medicine, 2016, vol. 8, no. 4, p. 407-421

Currently available rabies post‐exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for use in humans includes equine or human rabies immunoglobulins (RIG). The replacement of RIG with an equally or more potent and safer product is strongly encouraged due to the high costs and limited availability of existing RIG. In this study, we identified two broadly neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies that represent a...

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An anti-HIV-1 V3 loop antibody fully protects cross-clade and elicits T-cell immunity in macaques mucosally challenged with an R5 clade C SHIV

Watkins, Jennifer D. ; Siddappa, Nagadenahalli B. ; Lakhashe, Samir K. ; Humbert, Michael ; Sholukh, Anton ; Hemashettar, Girish ; Wong, Yin Ling ; Yoon, John K. ; Wang, Wendy ; Novembre, Francis J. ; Villinger, Francois ; Ibegbu, Chris ; Patel, Kalpana ; Corti, Davide ; Agatic, Gloria ; Vanzetta, Fabrizio ; Bianchi, Siro ; Heeney, Jonathan L. ; Sallusto, Federica ; Lanzavecchia, Antonio ; Ruprecht, Ruth M.

In: Plos one, 2011, vol. 6, no. 3, p. e18207

Neutralizing antibodies have been shown to protect macaques against SHIV challenge. However, genetically diverse HIV-1 clades have evolved, and a key question left unanswered is whether neutralizing antibodies can confer cross-clade protection in vivo. The novel human monoclonal antibody HGN194 was isolated from an individual infected with an HIV-1 clade AG recombinant circulating recombinant...

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Crystal structure and size-dependent neutralization properties of HK20, a human monoclonal antibody binding to the highly conserved heptad repeat 1 of gp41

Sabin, Charles ; Corti, Davide ; Buzon, Victor ; Seaman, Mike S. ; Hulsik, David Lutje ; Hinz, Andreas ; Vanzetta, Fabrizia ; Agatic, Gloria ; Silacci, Chiara ; Mainetti, Lara ; Scarlatti, Gabriella ; Sallusto, Federica ; Weiss, Robin ; Lanzavecchia, Antonio ; Weissenhorn, Winfried

In: Plos pathogens, 2010, vol. 6, no. 11, p. e1001195

The human monoclonal antibody (mAb) HK20 neutralizes a broad spectrum of primary HIV-1 isolates by targeting the highly conserved heptad repeat 1 (HR1) of gp41, which is transiently exposed during HIV-1 entry. Here we present the crystal structure of the HK20 Fab in complex with a gp41 mimetic 5-Helix at 2.3 A° resolution. HK20 employs its heavy chain CDR H2 and H3 loops to bind into a...

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Antibody-driven design of a human cytomegalovirus gHgLpUL128L subunit vaccine that selectively elicits potent neutralizing antibodies

Kabanovaa, Anna ; Perez, Laurent ; Lilleri, Daniele ; Marcandalli, Jessica ; Agatic, Gloria ; Becattini, Simone ; Preite, Silvia ; Fuschillo, Dario ; Percivalle,Elena ; Sallusto, Federica ; Gerna, Giuseppe ; Corti, Davide ; Lanzavecchia, Antonio

In: Proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the United States of America, 2014, vol. 111, no. 50, p. 17965-17970

The use of neutralizing antibodies to identify the most effective antigen has been proposed as a strategy to design vaccines capable of eliciting protective B-cell immunity. In this study, we analyzed the human antibody response to cytomegalovirus (human cytomegalovirus, HCMV) infection and found that antibodies to glycoprotein (g)B, a surface glycoprotein that has been developed as a HCMV...