Guiding the humoral response against HIV-1 toward a MPER adjacent region by immunization with a VLP-formulated antibody-selected envelope variant

• Carolina Beltran-Pavez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Carolina Beltran-Pavez, Carolina B. Ferreira

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations AIDS Research Unit, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain

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• Carolina B. Ferreira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Carolina Beltran-Pavez, Carolina B. Ferreira

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Molecular and Cellular Immunology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

  Affiliations AIDS Research Unit, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain

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• Alberto Merino-Mansilla,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliations AIDS Research Unit, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain

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• Amanda Fabra-Garcia,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Current address: Medical parasitology department, Radboud University Medical Center. Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

  Affiliations AIDS Research Unit, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-213X

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• Maria Casadella,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliations HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain, IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Marc Noguera-Julian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliations HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain, IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), Vic, Spain

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• Roger Paredes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition

  Affiliations HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain, IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), Vic, Spain

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• Alex Olvera,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliations HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain, IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9934-5759

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• Isabel Haro,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

  Affiliation Unit of Synthesis and Biomedical Applications of Peptides, IQAC-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8677-2340

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• Christian Brander,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain, IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), Vic, Spain, ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain

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• Felipe Garcia,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

  Affiliations AIDS Research Unit, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain, Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

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• Jose M. Gatell,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

  Affiliations AIDS Research Unit, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain, Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

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• Eloisa Yuste ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations AIDS Research Unit, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain

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• Victor Sanchez-Merino

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: vmsm70@gmail.com

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations AIDS Research Unit, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9400-427X

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