| Literature DB >> 18064037 |
Mansun Law1, Toshiaki Maruyama, Jamie Lewis, Erick Giang, Alexander W Tarr, Zania Stamataki, Pablo Gastaminza, Francis V Chisari, Ian M Jones, Robert I Fox, Jonathan K Ball, Jane A McKeating, Norman M Kneteman, Dennis R Burton.
Abstract
A major problem in hepatitis C virus (HCV) immunotherapy or vaccine design is the extreme variability of the virus. We identified human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that neutralize genetically diverse HCV isolates and protect against heterologous HCV quasispecies challenge in a human liver-chimeric mouse model. The results provide evidence that broadly neutralizing antibodies to HCV protect against heterologous viral infection and suggest that a prophylactic vaccine against HCV may be achievable.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 18064037 DOI: 10.1038/nm1698
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Med ISSN: 1078-8956 Impact factor: 53.440