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JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
Volume 262, Issue 1, Pages 5-25Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01819.x
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antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity; complement; human immunodeficiency virus type 1; humoral immunity; neutralizing antibodies
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Humoral immunity is considered a key component of effective vaccines against HIV-1. Hence, an enormous effort has been put into investigating the neutralizing antibody response to HIV-1 over the past 20 years which generated key information on epitope specificity, potency, breadth and in vivo activity of the neutralizing antibodies. Less clear is still the role of antibody-mediated effector functions (antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, phagocytosis, complement system) and uncertainty prevails whether Fc-mediated mechanisms are largely beneficial or detrimental for the host. The current knowledge on the manifold functions of the humoral immune response in HIV infection, their underlying mechanisms and potential in vaccine-induced immunity will be discussed in this review.
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