Advancements in Cell-Based Therapies for HIV Cure

Y Matsui, Y Miura - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) has evolved since the
establishment of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the 1990s, providing HIV …

Opportunities for CAR-T cell immunotherapy in HIV cure

G Campos-Gonzalez, J Martinez-Picado… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) technology is having a huge impact in the blood
malignancy field and is becoming a well-established therapy for many types of leukaemia. In …

Harnessing immune cells to eliminate HIV reservoirs

P Grasberger, AR Sondrini… - Current Opinion in HIV …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Several studies have shown promise in many preclinical models of disease, including
simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)/SHIV infection in nonhuman primates and HIV infection …

Stem cell-derived CAR T cells show greater persistence, trafficking, and viral control compared to ex vivo transduced CAR T cells

MA Carrillo, A Zhen, W Mu, V Rezek, H Martin… - Molecular Therapy, 2024 - cell.com
Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) using T cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) is
an area of intense investigation in the treatment of malignancies and chronic viral infections …

Challenges in HIV-1 latent reservoir and target cell quantification in CAR-T cell and other lentiviral gene modifying HIV cure strategies

AM Buck, TM Deveau, TJ Henrich, AN Deitchman - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gene-modification therapies are at the forefront of HIV-1 cure strategies. Chimeric antigen
receptor (CAR)-T cells pose a potential approach to target infected cells during antiretroviral …

Recent advances using genetic therapies against infectious diseases and for vaccination

A Galy, B Berkhout, K Breckpot, C Pichon… - Human gene …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
The development of prophylatic or therapeutic medicines for infectious diseases is one of
the priorities for health organizations worldwide. Innovative solutions are required to achieve …

Efficient ex vivo expansion of conserved element vaccine-specific CD8+ T-cells from SHIV-infected, ART-suppressed nonhuman primates

S Dross, R Venkataraman, S Patel, ML Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
HIV-specific T cells are necessary for control of HIV-1 replication but are largely insufficient
for viral clearance. This is due in part to these cells' recognition of immunodominant but …

CAR-T cell therapy: Where are we now, and where are we heading?

JY Wang, L Wang - Blood Science, 2023 - mednexus.org
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T-cell therapies have exhibited remarkable efficacy in the
treatment of hematologic malignancies, with 9 CAR-T-cell products currently available …

Strategies to target the central nervous system HIV reservoir

A Mastrangelo, L Gama, P Cinque - Current Opinion in HIV and …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Targeting the CNS remains a potential problem for the currently investigated HIV curing
strategies. In vivo evidence on CNS effectiveness is limited for most of the investigated …

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy in persons living with HIV

PG Rubinstein, C Galvez… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy in persons living with HIV Page 1
QCO 370411 CURRENT OPINION Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy …