Browsing by Author "Rasmussen, Robert"
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Inducing Cross-Clade Neutralizing Antibodies against HIV-1 by Immunofocusing
Humbert, Michael; Rasmussen, Robert Anthony; Ong, Helena; Kaiser, Fabian M. P.; Hu, Shiu-Lok; Ruprecht, Ruth Margrit (Public Library of Science, 2008)Background: Although vaccines are important in preventing viral infections by inducing neutralizing antibodies (nAbs), HIV-1 has proven to be a difficult target and escapes humoral immunity through various mechanisms. We ... -
Passive immunization with polyclonal anti-SHIV IgG: partial protection or increased acquisition of heterologous tier 2 SHIV – depending on IgG dose
Sholukh, Anton M; Siddappa, NB; Shanmuganathan, V; Lakhashe, Samir; Rasmussen, Robert Anthony; Watkins, Jennifer D; Vyas, Hemant Kumar; Mukhtar, Muhammad Mahmood; Hemashettar, G; Thorat, Swati; Yoon, JK; Villinger, F; Novembre, FJ; Landucci, G; Forthal, DN; Ratcliffe, S; Robert-Guroff, M; Polonis, V; Montefiori, DC; Ertl, HC; Ruprecht, Ruth Margrit (BioMed Central, 2012) -
R5 Clade C SHIV Strains with Tier 1 or 2 Neutralization Sensitivity: Tools to Dissect Env Evolution and to Develop AIDS Vaccines in Primate Models
Wassermann, Klemens J.; Song, Ruijiang; Wang, Wendy; Kramer, Victor G.; Novembre, Francis J.; Villinger, François; Else, James G.; Montefiori, David C.; Watkins, Jennifer D; Siddappa, Nagadenahalli B.; Lakhashe, Samir; Santosuosso, Michael Robert; Poznansky, Mark; Rasmussen, Robert Anthony; Ruprecht, Ruth Margrit (Public Library of Science, 2010)Background: HIV-1 clade C (HIV-C) predominates worldwide, and anti-HIV-C vaccines are urgently needed. Neutralizing antibody (nAb) responses are considered important but have proved difficult to elicit. Although some current ... -
SHIV-1157i and Passaged Progeny Viruses Encoding R5 HIV-1 Clade C Env Cause AIDS in Rhesus Monkeys
Song, Ruijiang; Ong, Helena; Sharma, Prachi; Chenine, Agnès L; Kramer, Victor G; Xu, Weidong; Else, James G; Novembre, Francis J; Strobert, Elizabeth; O'Neil, Shawn P; Humbert, Michael; Rasmussen, Robert Anthony; Siddappa, Nagadenahalli B.; Ruprecht, Ruth Margrit (BioMed Central, 2008)Background: Infection of nonhuman primates with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) or chimeric simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) strains is widely used to study lentiviral pathogenesis, antiviral immunity and the ...