Browsing by Author "Ferrari, Guido"
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Aggregate complexes of HIV-1 induced by multimeric antibodies.
Stieh, Daniel J; King, Deborah F; Klein, Katja; Liu, Pinghuang; Shen, Xiaoying; Hwang, Kwan Ki; Ferrari, Guido; ... (19 authors) (Retrovirology, 2014-10-02)BACKGROUND: Antibody mediated viral aggregation may impede viral transfer across mucosal surfaces by hindering viral movement in mucus, preventing transcytosis, or reducing inter-cellular penetration of epithelia thereby ... -
Application of area scaling analysis to identify natural killer cell and monocyte involvement in the GranToxiLux antibody dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity assay.
Pollara, Justin; Orlandi, Chiara; Beck, Charles; Edwards, R Whitney; Hu, Yi; Liu, Shuying; Wang, Shixia; ... (14 authors) (Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology, 2018-04)Several different assay methodologies have been described for the evaluation of HIV or SIV-specific antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). Commonly used assays measure ADCC by evaluating effector cell functions, ... -
Association of HIV-1 Envelope-Specific Breast Milk IgA Responses with Reduced Risk of Postnatal Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1.
Pollara, Justin; McGuire, Erin; Fouda, Genevieve G; Rountree, Wes; Eudailey, Josh; Overman, R Glenn; Seaton, Kelly E; ... (25 authors) (J Virol, 2015-10)UNLABELLED: Infants born to HIV-1-infected mothers in resource-limited areas where replacement feeding is unsafe and impractical are repeatedly exposed to HIV-1 throughout breastfeeding. Despite this, the majority of infants ... -
Breadth of SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization and Protection Induced by a Nanoparticle Vaccine
Li, Dapeng; Martinez, David R; Martinez, David R; Schäfer, Alexandra; Chen, Haiyan; Barr, Maggie; Sutherland, Laura L; ... (45 authors) -
Breadth of SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization and Protection Induced by a Nanoparticle Vaccine.
Li, Dapeng; Martinez, David R; Schäfer, Alexandra; Chen, Haiyan; Barr, Maggie; Sutherland, Laura L; Lee, Esther; ... (44 authors) (bioRxiv, 2022-02-14)Coronavirus vaccines that are highly effective against SARS-CoV-2 variants are needed to control the current pandemic. We previously reported a receptor-binding domain (RBD) sortase A-conjugated ferritin nanoparticle (RBD-scNP) ... -
Establishment and maintenance of a PBMC repository for functional cellular studies in support of clinical vaccine trials.
Sambor, Anna; Garcia, Ambrosia; Berrong, Mark; Pickeral, Joy; Brown, Sara; Rountree, Wes; Sanchez, Ana; ... (19 authors) (J Immunol Methods, 2014-07)A large repository of cryopreserved peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) samples was created to provide laboratories testing the specimens from human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) vaccine clinical trials the material ... -
FlowKit: A Python Toolkit for Integrated Manual and Automated Cytometry Analysis Workflows.
White, Scott; Quinn, John; Enzor, Jennifer; Staats, Janet; Mosier, Sarah M; Almarode, James; Denny, Thomas N; ... (10 authors) (Frontiers in immunology, 2021-01)An important challenge for primary or secondary analysis of cytometry data is how to facilitate productive collaboration between domain and quantitative experts. Domain experts in cytometry laboratories and core facilities ... -
HLA class II-Restricted CD8+ T cells in HIV-1 Virus Controllers.
Nyanhete, Tinashe E; Frisbee, Alyse L; Bradley, Todd; Faison, William J; Robins, Elizabeth; Payne, Tamika; Freel, Stephanie A; ... (15 authors) (Scientific reports, 2019-07-15)A paradigm shifting study demonstrated that induction of MHC class E and II-restricted CD8+ T cells was associated with the clearance of SIV infection in rhesus macaques. Another recent study highlighted the presence of ... -
Human Non-neutralizing HIV-1 Envelope Monoclonal Antibodies Limit the Number of Founder Viruses during SHIV Mucosal Infection in Rhesus Macaques.
Santra, Sampa; Tomaras, Georgia D; Warrier, Ranjit; Nicely, Nathan I; Liao, Hua-Xin; Pollara, Justin; Liu, Pinghuang; ... (46 authors) (PLoS Pathog, 2015-08)HIV-1 mucosal transmission begins with virus or virus-infected cells moving through mucus across mucosal epithelium to infect CD4+ T cells. Although broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) are the type of HIV-1 antibodies ... -
IDLV-HIV-1 Env vaccination in non-human primates induces affinity maturation of antigen-specific memory B cells.
Blasi, Maria; Negri, Donatella; LaBranche, Celia; Alam, S Munir; Baker, Erich J; Brunner, Elizabeth C; Gladden, Morgan A; ... (21 authors) (Communications biology, 2018-01)HIV continues to be a major global health issue. In spite of successful prevention interventions and treatment methods, the development of an HIV vaccine remains a major priority for the field and would be the optimal strategy ... -
Immunization with an SIV-based IDLV Expressing HIV-1 Env 1086 Clade C Elicits Durable Humoral and Cellular Responses in Rhesus Macaques
Negri, Donatella; Blasi, Maria; LaBranche, Celia; Parks, Robert; Balachandran, Harikrishnan; Lifton, Michelle; Shen, Xiaoying; ... (18 authors) (MOLECULAR THERAPY, 2016-11) -
Immunological and virological mechanisms of vaccine-mediated protection against SIV and HIV.
Roederer, Mario; Keele, Brandon F; Schmidt, Stephen D; Mason, Rosemarie D; Welles, Hugh C; Fischer, Will; Labranche, Celia; ... (32 authors) (Nature, 2014-01-23)A major challenge for the development of a highly effective AIDS vaccine is the identification of mechanisms of protective immunity. To address this question, we used a nonhuman primate challenge model with simian ... -
Infectious virion capture by HIV-1 gp120-specific IgG from RV144 vaccinees.
Liu, Pinghuang; Yates, Nicole L; Shen, Xiaoying; Bonsignori, Mattia; Moody, M Anthony; Liao, Hua-Xin; Fong, Youyi; ... (24 authors) (J Virol, 2013-07)The detailed examination of the antibody repertoire from RV144 provides a unique template for understanding potentially protective antibody functions. Some potential immune correlates of protection were untested in the correlates ... -
Isolation of HIV-1-neutralizing mucosal monoclonal antibodies from human colostrum.
Friedman, James; Alam, S Munir; Shen, Xiaoying; Xia, Shi-Mao; Stewart, Shelley; Anasti, Kara; Pollara, Justin; ... (16 authors) (PLoS One, 2012)BACKGROUND: Generation of potent anti-HIV antibody responses in mucosal compartments is a potential requirement of a transmission-blocking HIV vaccine. HIV-specific, functional antibody responses are present in breast milk, ... -
Leukopak PBMC sample processing for preparing quality control material to support proficiency testing programs.
Garcia, Ambrosia; Keinonen, Sarah; Sanchez, Ana M; Ferrari, Guido; Denny, Thomas N; Moody, M Anthony (Journal of Immunological Methods, 2014-07)External proficiency testing programs designed to evaluate the performance of end-point laboratories involved in vaccine and therapeutic clinical trials form an important part of clinical trial quality assurance. Good clinical ... -
Markers of Tissue Repair and Cellular Aging Are Increased in the Liver Tissue of Patients With HIV Infection Regardless of Presence of HCV Coinfection.
Naggie, Susanna; Swiderska-Syn, Marzena; Choi, Steve; Lusk, Sam; Lan, Audrey; Ferrari, Guido; Syn, Wing-Kin; ... (9 authors) (Open forum infectious diseases, 2018-07)Liver disease is a leading cause of HIV-related mortality. Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related fibrogenesis is accelerated in the setting of HIV coinfection, yet the mechanisms underlying this aggressive pathogenesis are unclear. ... -
Maternal HIV-1 Env Vaccination for Systemic and Breast Milk Immunity To Prevent Oral SHIV Acquisition in Infant Macaques.
Eudailey, Joshua A; Dennis, Maria L; Parker, Morgan E; Phillips, Bonnie L; Huffman, Tori N; Bay, Camden P; Hudgens, Michael G; ... (16 authors) (mSphere, 2018-01)Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) contributes to an estimated 150,000 new infections annually. Maternal vaccination has proven safe and effective at mitigating the impact ... -
Maternal HIV-1 envelope-specific antibody responses and reduced risk of perinatal transmission.
Permar, Sallie R; Fong, Youyi; Vandergrift, Nathan; Fouda, Genevieve G; Gilbert, Peter; Parks, Robert; Jaeger, Frederick H; ... (41 authors) (J Clin Invest, 2015-07-01)Despite the wide availability of antiretroviral drugs, more than 250,000 infants are vertically infected with HIV-1 annually, emphasizing the need for additional interventions to eliminate pediatric HIV-1 infections. Here, ... -
Neonatal Rhesus Macaques Have Distinct Immune Cell Transcriptional Profiles following HIV Envelope Immunization.
Han, Qifeng; Bradley, Todd; Williams, Wilton B; Cain, Derek W; Montefiori, David C; Saunders, Kevin O; Parks, Robert J; ... (25 authors) (Cell reports, 2020-02)HIV-1-infected infants develop broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) more rapidly than adults, suggesting differences in the neonatal versus adult responses to the HIV-1 envelope (Env). Here, trimeric forms of HIV-1 Env ... -
Neutralization Takes Precedence Over IgG or IgA Isotype-related Functions in Mucosal HIV-1 Antibody-mediated Protection.
Astronomo, Rena D; Santra, Sampa; Ballweber-Fleming, Lamar; Westerberg, Katharine G; Mach, Linh; Hensley-McBain, Tiffany; Sutherland, Laura; ... (28 authors)HIV-1 infection occurs primarily through mucosal transmission. Application of biologically relevant mucosal models can advance understanding of the functional properties of antibodies that mediate HIV protection, thereby ...