Targeting the latent reservoir for HIV-1

S Sengupta, RF Siliciano - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
Antiretroviral therapy can effectively block HIV-1 replication and prevent or reverse
immunodeficiency in HIV-1-infected individuals. However, viral replication resumes within …

Developing strategies for HIV-1 eradication

CM Durand, JN Blankson, RF Siliciano - Trends in immunology, 2012 - cell.com
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) suppresses HIV-1 replication, transforming the
outlook for infected patients. However, reservoirs of replication-competent forms of the virus …

Latent HIV reservoirs exhibit inherent resistance to elimination by CD8+ T cells

SH Huang, Y Ren, AS Thomas, D Chan… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The presence of persistent, latent HIV reservoirs in CD4+ T cells obstructs current efforts to
cure infection. The so-called kick-and-kill paradigm proposes to purge these reservoirs by …

From reactivation of latent HIV‐1 to elimination of the latent reservoir: the presence of multiple barriers to viral eradication

L Shan, RF Siliciano - Bioessays, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of a stable latent reservoir for HIV‐1 in resting memory CD4+ T cells provides
a mechanism for lifelong persistence of HIV‐1. The long‐lived latently infected cells persist …

HIV reservoirs, latency, and reactivation: prospects for eradication

V Dahl, L Josefsson, S Palmer - Antiviral research, 2010 - Elsevier
Current antiretroviral therapy effectively suppresses but does not eradicate HIV-1 infection.
During therapy patients maintain a persistent low-level viremia requiring lifelong adherence …

Immunologic strategies for HIV-1 remission and eradication

DH Barouch, SG Deeks - Science, 2014 - science.org
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is able to suppress HIV-1 replication indefinitely in individuals
who have access to these medications, are able to tolerate these drugs, and are motivated …

Barriers for HIV cure: the latent reservoir

S Castro-Gonzalez, M Colomer-Lluch… - AIDS research and …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Thirty-five years after the identification of HIV-1 as the causative agent of AIDS, we are still in
search of vaccines and treatments to eradicate this devastating infectious disease. Progress …

Curing HIV: Pharmacologic approaches to target HIV-1 latency

SK Choudhary, DM Margolis - Annual review of pharmacology …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
HIV-1 infection persists even after years of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Although ART can
halt viral replication and thereby reduce viremia to clinically undetectable levels, proviral …

Reservoirs for HIV-1: mechanisms for viral persistence in the presence of antiviral immune responses and antiretroviral therapy

T Pierson, J McArthur… - Annual review of …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
The success of combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1 infection has generated interest
in mechanisms by which the virus can persist in the body despite the presence of drugs that …

Recent developments in the effort to cure HIV infection: going beyond N= 1

JD Siliciano, RF Siliciano - The Journal of clinical …, 2016 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) can suppress plasma HIV to undetectable levels,
allowing HIV-infected individuals who are treated early a nearly normal life span. Despite …