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    Munusamy Ponnan, Sivasankaran; Swaminathan, Soumya; Tiruvengadam, Kannan; K K, Vidyavijayan; Cheedarla, Narayana; Nesakumar, Manohar; Kathirvel, Sujitha; Goyal, Rajat; Singla, Nikhil; Mukherjee, Joyeeta; Bergin, Philip; T Kopycinski, Jakub; Gilmour, Jill; Prasad Tripathy, Srikanth; Luke, Hanna Elizabeth

    PloS one, 08/2018, Letnik: 13, Številka: 8
    Journal Article

    A Phase I HIV-1 vaccine trial sponsored by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) was conducted in India in 2009 to test a subtype C prophylactic vaccine in a prime-boost regimen comprising of a DNA prime (ADVAX) and MVA (TBC-M4) boost. The trial demonstrated that the regimen was safe and well tolerated and resulted in enhancement of HIV-specific immune responses. Preliminary observations on vaccine-induced immune responses were limited to analysis of neutralizing antibodies and IFN-γ ELISPOT response. The present study involves a more detailed analysis of the nature of the vaccine-induced humoral immune response using specimens that were archived from the volunteers at the time of the trial. Interestingly, we found vaccine induced production of V1/V2 and V3 region-specific antibodies in a significant proportion of vaccinees. Variable region antibody levels correlated directly with the frequency of circulating T follicular helper cells (Tfh) and regulatory T cells (Treg). Our findings provide encouraging evidence to demonstrate the immunogenicity of the tested vaccine. Better insights into vaccine-induced immune responses can aid in informing future design of a successfulHIV-1 vaccine.