ImmunoPub Date : 2023-10-24DOI: 10.3390/immuno3040022
Caitlin A. Williams, Teri Ann S. Wong, Michael M. Lieberman, Jake Yalley-Ogunro, Mehtap Cabus, Sara Nezami, Fabian Paz, Hanne Andersen, Thomas W. Geisbert, Axel T. Lehrer
{"title":"High-Avidity Anti-Filovirus IgG Elicited Using Protein Subunit Vaccines Does Not Correlate with Protection","authors":"Caitlin A. Williams, Teri Ann S. Wong, Michael M. Lieberman, Jake Yalley-Ogunro, Mehtap Cabus, Sara Nezami, Fabian Paz, Hanne Andersen, Thomas W. Geisbert, Axel T. Lehrer","doi":"10.3390/immuno3040022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/immuno3040022","url":null,"abstract":"Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV) poses a significant threat to public health due to its high case fatality rate and epidemic potential. This is further complicated by the lack of precise immune correlates of protection and difficulties in conducting in vivo animal studies due to species specificity of Ebola virus disease (EVD) and classification as a biosafety level 4 pathogen. Related ebolaviruses have also contributed to the public health threat; Uganda recently experienced an outbreak of Sudan ebolavirus, which also had a high case fatality rate. Vaccination targeting EBOV has demonstrated significant efficacy; however, the protective cellular and humoral responses at play are still poorly understood. Vaccination for vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, young children, and immunocompromised individuals is still limited. Understanding vaccine correlates of protection (vCOP) is key to developing alternative vaccination strategies for these groups. Components of immunity such as neutralizing antibody and cell-mediated immunity are likely responsible for protective responses; however, existing research fails to fully define their roles in protection. Here we investigated vaccine-elicited antibody avidity as a potential correlate of protection and to further characterize the contribution of antibody avidity in protective and nonprotective vaccine responses.","PeriodicalId":13326,"journal":{"name":"Immuno","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135315614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ImmunoPub Date : 2023-09-20DOI: 10.3390/immuno3030021
Eric H. Rosenn, Mickael Benhaim, Allison Siegel, David A. Stein, Joseph S. Leonard, Erik Katcher, Dania Halperin, Zachary Mostel
{"title":"Monoclonal War: The Antibody Arsenal and Targets for Expanded Application","authors":"Eric H. Rosenn, Mickael Benhaim, Allison Siegel, David A. Stein, Joseph S. Leonard, Erik Katcher, Dania Halperin, Zachary Mostel","doi":"10.3390/immuno3030021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/immuno3030021","url":null,"abstract":"Advancements in sequencing and screening technology have made monoclonal antibodies more accessible, cost-effective, and precise. These drugs effectively target pathogens and cancer cells and even regulate metabolic pathways by focusing on specific intermediates. Monoclonal antibodies play a key role in mitigating a rise in occupation-related cancers, neurodegenerative disorders, and multidrug-resistant organisms. Here, we review the origins, mechanisms, and applications of this important drug class and explore future avenues for research.","PeriodicalId":13326,"journal":{"name":"Immuno","volume":"346 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136374198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autophagy in Virus Infection: A Race between Host Immune Response and Viral Antagonism.","authors":"Karan Chawla, Gayatri Subramanian, Tia Rahman, Shumin Fan, Sukanya Chakravarty, Shreyas Gujja, Hayley Demchak, Ritu Chakravarti, Saurabh Chattopadhyay","doi":"10.3390/immuno2010012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/immuno2010012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Virus-infected cells trigger a robust innate immune response and facilitate virus replication. Here, we review the role of autophagy in virus infection, focusing on both pro-viral and anti-viral host responses using a select group of viruses. Autophagy is a cellular degradation pathway operated at the basal level to maintain homeostasis and is induced by external stimuli for specific functions. The degradative function of autophagy is considered a cellular anti-viral immune response. However, autophagy is a double-edged sword in viral infection; viruses often benefit from it, and the infected cells can also use it to inhibit viral replication. In addition to viral regulation, autophagy pathway proteins also function in autophagy-independent manners to regulate immune responses. Since viruses have co-evolved with hosts, they have developed ways to evade the anti-viral autophagic responses of the cells. Some of these mechanisms are also covered in our review. Lastly, we conclude with the thought that autophagy can be targeted for therapeutic interventions against viral diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":13326,"journal":{"name":"Immuno","volume":"2 1","pages":"153-169"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8893043/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10810173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}