Barouch Dan H
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Nature. 2008 Oct 2;455(7213):613-9. doi: 10.1038/nature07352.
The development of a safe and effective human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 vaccine is a critically important global health priority. Despite recent advances in our understanding of HIV-1 pathogenesis and immunology, however, major scientific obstacles remain. Prototype HIV-1 vaccine candidates aimed at eliciting humoral and cellular immune responses have so far failed to protect against HIV-1 infection or to reduce viral loads after infection in clinical efficacy studies. A renewed and coordinated commitment to basic discovery research, preclinical studies and clinical trials will therefore be required to overcome the hurdles currently facing the field. Here I review key challenges and future prospects in the quest to develop a prophylactic HIV-1 vaccine.
开发一种安全有效的人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)-1疫苗是全球卫生领域至关重要的优先事项。然而,尽管我们对HIV-1发病机制和免疫学的理解最近取得了进展,但主要的科学障碍仍然存在。旨在引发体液免疫和细胞免疫反应的HIV-1疫苗候选原型在临床疗效研究中迄今未能预防HIV-1感染或降低感染后的病毒载量。因此,需要重新做出协调一致的承诺,开展基础发现研究、临床前研究和临床试验,以克服该领域目前面临的障碍。在此,我将回顾在开发预防性HIV-1疫苗过程中的关键挑战和未来前景。