HIV infection

LG Bekker, C Beyrer, N Mgodi, SR Lewin… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The AIDS epidemic has been a global public health issue for more than 40 years and has
resulted in~ 40 million deaths. AIDS is caused by the retrovirus, HIV-1, which is transmitted …

Droplet digital PCR of viral‎ DNA/RNA, current progress, challenges, and future perspectives

AA Kojabad, M Farzanehpour… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
High‐throughput droplet‐based digital PCR (ddPCR) is a refinement of the conventional
polymerase chain reaction (PCR)‎ methods. In ddPCR, DNA/RNA is encapsulated …

In-depth virological and immunological characterization of HIV-1 cure after CCR5Δ32/Δ32 allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

BEO Jensen, E Knops, L Cords, N Lübke, M Salgado… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Despite scientific evidence originating from two patients published to date that
CCR5Δ32/Δ32 hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can cure human …

Monocyte-derived macrophages contain persistent latent HIV reservoirs

RT Veenhuis, CM Abreu, PAG Costa, EA Ferreira… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The development of persistent cellular reservoirs of latent human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) is a critical obstacle to viral eradication since viral rebound takes place once anti …

Parallel analysis of transcription, integration, and sequence of single HIV-1 proviruses

KB Einkauf, MR Osborn, C Gao, W Sun, X Sun, X Lian… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
HIV-1-infected cells that persist despite antiretroviral therapy (ART) are frequently
considered" transcriptionally silent," but active viral gene expression may occur in some …

The latent reservoir of inducible, infectious HIV-1 does not decrease despite decades of antiretroviral therapy

NF McMyn, J Varriale, EJ Fray… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
HIV-1 persists in a latent reservoir in resting CD4+ T cells despite antiretroviral therapy
(ART). The reservoir decays slowly over the first 7 years of ART (t 1/2= 44 months). However …

Combination anti-HIV antibodies provide sustained virological suppression

MC Sneller, J Blazkova, JS Justement, V Shi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Antiretroviral therapy is highly effective in suppressing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
However, eradication of the virus in individuals with HIV has not been possible to date …

Distinct viral reservoirs in individuals with spontaneous control of HIV-1

C Jiang, X Lian, C Gao, X Sun, KB Einkauf… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Sustained, drug-free control of HIV-1 replication is naturally achieved in less than 0.5% of
infected individuals (here termed 'elite controllers'), despite the presence of a replication …

Prolonged viral suppression with anti-HIV-1 antibody therapy

C Gaebler, L Nogueira, E Stoffel, TY Oliveira, G Breton… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
HIV-1 infection remains a public health problem with no cure. Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is
effective but requires lifelong drug administration owing to a stable reservoir of latent …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19: the gendered impacts of the outbreak

C Wenham, J Smith, R Morgan - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
The response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) appears no different. We are not
aware of any gender analysis of the outbreak by global health institutions or governments in …