Cross-clade HIV-1 neutralization by an antibody fragment from a lupus phage display library

Sangeeta Karle1, Stephanie Planque, Yasuhiro Nishiyama

  • 1Chemical Immunology Research Center, Department of Pathology, University of Texas, Houston Medical School, USA.

AIDS (London, England)
|April 13, 2004
PubMed

A single-chain fragment containing antibody V domains (scFv) isolated from a lupus antibody library displayed the ability to bind gp120 and the conserved gp120 determinant composed of residues 421-436. The scFv neutralized R5 and X4-dependent HIV-1 strains from clades B, C, and D. The lupus repertoire may be useful as a source of neutralizing antibodies to HIV.

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