HUMAN IgM ANTIBODIES TO CHEMOKINE RECEPTORS

摘要

Human sera from normal (i.e., non-HIV infected) individuals contain certain IgM autoantibodies reactive to chemokine and other lymphocyte-surface receptors. A subset of these IgM autoantibodies that bind to such receptors, particularly CXCR4 and CCR5 receptors, can inhibit HIV-1 from infecting cells. Progression from an asymptomatic HIV-1 infected state to AIDS is determined in part by the level of IgM autoantibodies that inhibit HIV-1 from infecting cells. The claimed invention described herein is a method of using these isolated antibodies for the inhibition of the progression of virus-mediated diseases.