Immune Responses in Controllers of HIV Infection

AK Kwaa, JN Blankson - Annual Review of Immunology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Elite controllers are a heterogeneous group of people living with HIV who control viral
replication without antiretroviral therapy. There is substantial evidence that at least some …

The humanized mouse model: what added value does it offer for HIV research?

L Baroncini, S Bredl, KP Nicole, RF Speck - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the early 2000s, novel humanized mouse models based on the transplantation of human
hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) into immunocompromised mice were …

[PDF][PDF] An active HIV reservoir during ART is associated with maintenance of HIV-specific CD8+ T cell magnitude and short-lived differentiation status

H Takata, JL Mitchell, J Pacheco, A Pagliuzza… - Cell host & …, 2023 - cell.com
Before initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-specific CD8+ T cells are dysfunctional
and short lived. To better understand the relationship between the HIV reservoir in CD4+ T …

[HTML][HTML] Generating and measuring effective vaccine-elicited HIV-specific CD8+ T cell responses

GM Borgo, RL Rutishauser - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Identifying a vaccine capable of generating durable T cell responses that target mutationally
vulnerable epitopes and that can rapidly intercept infecting or rebounding virus remains a …

Harnessing Autophagy to Overcome Antigen-Specific T-Cell Dysfunction: Implication for People Living with HIV-1

N Ghahari, R Telittchenko, H Loucif, S Isnard… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Like other chronic viral infections, HIV-1 persistence inhibits the development of antigen-
specific memory T-cells, resulting in the exhaustion of the immune response and chronic …

Immunomodulatory Effects of Non-Thermal Plasma in a Model for Latent HIV-1 Infection: Implications for an HIV-1-Specific Immunotherapy

H Mohamed, R Berman, J Connors, EK Haddad… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
In people living with HIV-1 (PLWH), antiretroviral therapy (ART) eventually becomes
necessary to suppress the emergence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) …

CD8+ cells and small viral reservoirs facilitate post-ART control of SIV replication in M3+ Mauritian cynomolgus macaques initiated on ART two weeks post-infection

OE Harwood, LM Matschke, RV Moriarty… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Sustainable HIV remission after antiretroviral therapy (ART) withdrawal, or post-treatment
control (PTC), remains a top priority for HIV treatment. We observed surprising PTC in an …

Accelerated CD8+ T cell maturation in infants with perinatal HIV infection

LR de Armas, V Dinh, A Iyer, S Pallikkuth, R Pahwa… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
In perinatal HIV infection, early antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is recommended but
questions remain regarding infant immune responses to HIV and its impact on immune …

Influence of Splenomegaly and Splenectomy on the Immune Cell Profile of Patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disease

JF Viallard, M Parrens, P Blanco, JF Moreau… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose About 25% of patients with common variable immunodeficiency disease (CVID)
have splenomegaly, necessitating sometimes splenectomy whom consequences on the …

[HTML][HTML] CD8+ cells and small viral reservoirs facilitate post-ART control of SIV in Mauritian cynomolgus macaques

OE Harwood, LM Matschke, RV Moriarty, AJ Balgeman… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sustainable HIV remission after antiretroviral therapy (ART) withdrawal, or post-treatment
control (PTC), remains a top priority for HIV treatment. We observed surprising PTC in an …