Recent developments of HDAC inhibitors: Emerging indications and novel molecules

AD Bondarev, MM Attwood, J Jonsson… - British journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The histone deacetylase (HDAC) enzymes, a class of epigenetic regulators, are historically
well established as attractive therapeutic targets. During investigation of trends within …

Getting the “kill” into “shock and kill”: strategies to eliminate latent HIV

Y Kim, JL Anderson, SR Lewin - Cell host & microbe, 2018 - cell.com
Despite the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART), there is currently no HIV cure and
treatment is life long. HIV persists during ART due to long-lived and proliferating latently …

Systemic HIV and SIV latency reversal via non-canonical NF-κB signalling in vivo

CC Nixon, M Mavigner, GC Sampey, AD Brooks… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Long-lasting, latently infected resting CD4+ T cells are the greatest obstacle to obtaining a
cure for HIV infection, as these cells can persist despite decades of treatment with …

AZD5582 plus SIV-specific antibodies reduce lymph node viral reservoirs in antiretroviral therapy-suppressed macaques

A Dashti, S Sukkestad, AM Horner, M Neja, Z Siddiqi… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The main barrier to HIV cure is a persistent reservoir of latently infected CD4+ T cells
harboring replication-competent provirus that fuels rebound viremia upon antiretroviral …

HIV silencing and cell survival signatures in infected T cell reservoirs

IC Clark, P Mudvari, S Thaploo, S Smith, M Abu-Laban… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Rare CD4 T cells that contain HIV under antiretroviral therapy represent an important barrier
to HIV cure,–, but the infeasibility of isolating and characterizing these cells in their natural …

Engaging innate immunity in HIV-1 cure strategies

NL Board, M Moskovljevic, F Wu, RF Siliciano… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) can block multiple stages of the HIV-1 life cycle to
prevent progression to AIDS in people living with HIV-1. However, owing to the persistence …

Curing HIV: seeking to target and clear persistent infection

DM Margolis, NM Archin, MS Cohen, JJ Eron, G Ferrari… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection persists despite years of
antiretroviral therapy (ART). To remove the stigma and burden of chronic infection …

The role of macrophages in HIV-1 persistence and pathogenesis

Z Kruize, NA Kootstra - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Current antiretroviral therapy (ART) effectively suppresses Human Immunodeficiency Virus
type 1 (HIV-1) in infected individuals. However, even long term ART does not eradicate HIV …

HIV “shock and kill” therapy: In need of revision

E Abner, A Jordan - Antiviral research, 2019 - Elsevier
The implementation of antiretroviral therapy 23 years ago has rendered HIV infection
clinically manageable. However, the disease remains incurable, since it establishes latent …

The reservoir of latent HIV

J Chen, T Zhou, Y Zhang, S Luo, H Chen… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The persistence of latent reservoir of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is currently
the major challenge in curing HIV infection. After HIV infects the human body, the latent HIV …