Mucosal B Cells Are Associated with Delayed SIV Acquisition in Vaccinated Female but Not Male Rhesus Macaques Following SIVmac251 Rectal Challenge.

Many viral infections, including HIV, exhibit sex-based pathogenic differences. However, few studies have examined vaccine-related sex differences. We compared immunogenicity and protective efficacy of monomeric SIV gp120 with oligomeric SIV gp140 in a pre-clinical rhesus macaque study and explored...

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Main Authors: Iskra Tuero, Venkatramanan Mohanram, Thomas Musich, Leia Miller, Diego A Vargas-Inchaustegui, Thorsten Demberg, David Venzon, Irene Kalisz, V S Kalyanaraman, Ranajit Pal, Maria Grazia Ferrari, Celia LaBranche, David C Montefiori, Mangala Rao, Monica Vaccari, Genoveffa Franchini, Susan W Barnett, Marjorie Robert-Guroff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4534401?pdf=render