Asymmetric Boost Responses to an HIV-1 Vaccine: Boost-site Controls Secondary B-cell Fates
John S. Barber, Keisuke Tonouchi, Chen‐Hao Yeh, Madison Berry, Helene Fradin Kirshner, Kevin J. Wiehe, Amanda Eaton, David C. Montefiori, Ming Tian, Frederick W. Alt, Kevin O. Saunders, George M. Shaw, Barton F. Haynes, Garnett H. Kelsoe
The paper shows that boosting at the same site as the initial immunization preferentially engages bnAb lineage precursors in secondary germinal centers, while contralateral boosting recruits naive and non-specific memory B cells.
bioRxiv · Aug 19, 2026 · PreprintImmunology