Relationship between CD4 T cell turnover, cellular differentiation and HIV persistence during ART

C Bacchus-Souffan, M Fitch, J Symons… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The precise role of CD4 T cell turnover in maintaining HIV persistence during antiretroviral
therapy (ART) has not yet been well characterized. In resting CD4 T cell subpopulations …

Relationship between intact HIV-1 proviruses in circulating CD4+ T cells and rebound viruses emerging during treatment interruption

CL Lu, JA Pai, L Nogueira… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Combination antiretroviral therapy controls but does not cure HIV-1 infection because a
small fraction of cells harbor latent viruses that can produce rebound viremia when therapy …

Rapid viral rebound after analytical treatment interruption in patients with very small HIV reservoir and minimal on‐going viral transcription

P Pannus, S Rutsaert, S De Wit… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Viral remission after analytical treatment interruption (ATI), termed post‐
treatment control, has been described in a small proportion of HIV‐positive patients. This …

[HTML][HTML] Immune control of HIV

M Balasubramaniam, J Pandhare… - Journal of life sciences …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection of the immune cells expressing the
cluster of differentiation 4 cell surface glycoprotein (CD4+ cells) causes progressive decline …

Assessing the impact of AGS-004, a dendritic cell-based immunotherapy, and vorinostat on persistent HIV-1 Infection

CL Gay, JD Kuruc, SD Falcinelli, JA Warren… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Approaches to deplete persistent HIV infection are needed. We investigated the combined
impact of the latency reversing agent vorinostat (VOR) and AGS-004, an autologous …

Multifaceted HIV integrase functionalities and therapeutic strategies for their inhibition

AN Engelman - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Antiretroviral inhibitors that are used to manage HIV infection/AIDS predominantly target
three enzymes required for virus replication: reverse transcriptase, protease, and integrase …

[HTML][HTML] HIV-1 variants are archived throughout infection and persist in the reservoir

K Brooks, BR Jones, DA Dilernia, DJ Wilkins… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The HIV-1 reservoir consists of latently infected cells that persist despite antiretroviral
therapy (ART). Elucidating the proviral genetic composition of the reservoir, particularly in …

HIV-1 proviral transcription and latency in the new era

A Shukla, NGP Ramirez, I D'Orso - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Three decades of extensive work in the HIV field have revealed key viral and host cell
factors controlling proviral transcription. Various models of transcriptional regulation have …

Low inducibility of latent human immunodeficiency virus type 1 proviruses as a major barrier to cure

JD Siliciano, RF Siliciano - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The latent reservoir for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in resting CD4+ T cells
is a major barrier to cure. The dimensions of the reservoir problem can be defined with 2 …

The clonal expansion dynamics of the HIV-1 reservoir: mechanisms of integration site-dependent proliferation and HIV-1 persistence

YHJ Yeh, K Yang, A Razmi, YC Ho - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
More than 50% of the HIV-1 latent reservoir is maintained by clonal expansion. The clonally
expanded HIV-1-infected cells can contribute to persistent nonsuppressible low-level …