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 …

Impact of a TLR9 agonist and broadly neutralizing antibodies on HIV-1 persistence: the randomized phase 2a TITAN trial

JD Gunst, JF Højen, MH Pahus, M Rosás-Umbert… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Inducing antiretroviral therapy (ART)-free virological control is a critical step toward a human
immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) cure. In this phase 2a, placebo-controlled, double …

Spontaneous HIV expression during suppressive ART is associated with the magnitude and function of HIV-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells

M Dube, O Tastet, C Dufour, G Sannier, N Brassard… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2023 - cell.com
Spontaneous transcription and translation of HIV can persist during suppressive
antiretroviral therapy (ART). The quantity, phenotype, and biological relevance of this …

Immune targeting of HIV-1 reservoir cells: a path to elimination strategies and cure

M Armani-Tourret, B Bone, TS Tan, W Sun… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Successful approaches for eradication or cure of HIV-1 infection are likely to include
immunological mechanisms, but remarkably little is known about how human immune …

Bispecific antibodies promote natural killer cell-mediated elimination of HIV-1 reservoir cells

NL Board, Z Yuan, F Wu, M Moskovljevic, M Ravi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The persistence of CD4+ T cells carrying latent human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1)
proviruses is the main barrier to a cure. New therapeutics to enhance HIV-1-specific immune …

Viral and host mediators of non-suppressible HIV-1 viremia

A Mohammadi, B Etemad, X Zhang, Y Li, GJ Bedwell… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Non-suppressible HIV-1 viremia (NSV) is defined as persistent low-level viremia on
antiretroviral therapy (ART) without evidence of ART non-adherence or significant drug …

Potent latency reversal by Tat RNA-containing nanoparticle enables multi-omic analysis of the HIV-1 reservoir

M Pardons, B Cole, L Lambrechts… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The development of latency reversing agents that potently reactivate HIV without inducing
global T cell activation would benefit the field of HIV reservoir research and could pave the …

Proviral location affects cognate peptide–induced virus production and immune recognition of HIV-1–infected T cell clones

F Dragoni, AK Kwaa, CC Traut… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND HIV-1–infected CD4+ T cells contribute to latent reservoir persistence by
proliferating while avoiding immune recognition. Integration features of intact proviruses in …

Long-term persistence of transcriptionally active 'defective'HIV-1 proviruses: Implications for persistent immune activation during antiretroviral therapy

K Singh, V Natarajan, R Dewar, A Rupert, Y Badralmaa… - Aids, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: People with HIV-1 (PWH) on effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) continue to
exhibit chronic systemic inflammation, immune activation, and persistent elevations in …

HIV-1 subtype A1, D, and recombinant proviral genome landscapes during long-term suppressive therapy

GQ Lee, P Khadka, SN Gowanlock… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The primary obstacle to curing HIV-1 is a reservoir of CD4+ cells that contain stably
integrated provirus. Previous studies characterizing the proviral landscape, which have …