Influenza Antigen Engineering Focuses Immune Responses to a Subdominant but Broadly Protective Viral Epitope

Goran Bajic, Max J. Maron, Yu Adachi, Taishi Onodera, Kevin R. McCarthy, Charles E. McGee, Gregory D. Sempowski, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Garnett Kelsoe, Masayuki Kuraoka, Aaron G. Schmidt

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Abstract

Eliciting protective immunity against influenza remains a major challenge. Bajic et al. show how hemagglutinin (HA) hyperglycosylation can restrict the resulting antibody repertoire to an occluded epitope at the HA head interface. These antibodies protect against influenza-virus challenge, providing insights into antigen engineering to alter antibody responses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)827-835.e6
JournalCell Host and Microbe
Volume25
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Jun 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • broadly neutralizing antibodies
  • immunogen design
  • influenza hemagglutinin
  • protein engineering

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