Why and where an HIV cure is needed and how it might be achieved

T Ndung'u, JM McCune, SG Deeks - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Despite considerable global investment, only 60% of people who live with HIV currently
receive antiretroviral therapy. The sustainability of current programmes remains unknown …

[HTML][HTML] CD8+ T-cell response to HIV infection in the era of antiretroviral therapy

F Perdomo-Celis, NA Taborda, MT Rugeles - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Although the combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) has decreased the deaths associated
with the immune deficiency acquired syndrome (AIDS), non-AIDS conditions have emerged …

Epigenetic signature of PD-1+ TCF1+ CD8 T cells that act as resource cells during chronic viral infection and respond to PD-1 blockade

RR Jadhav, SJ Im, B Hu, M Hashimoto… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
We have recently defined a novel population of PD-1 (programmed cell death 1)+ TCF1 (T
cell factor 1)+ virus-specific CD8 T cells that function as resource cells during chronic LCMV …

Recurrent group A Streptococcus tonsillitis is an immunosusceptibility disease involving antibody deficiency and aberrant TFH cells

JM Dan, C Havenar-Daughton, K Kendric… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
“Strep throat” is highly prevalent among children, yet it is unknown why only some children
develop recurrent tonsillitis (RT), a common indication for tonsillectomy. To gain insights into …

High-dimensional cell-level analysis of tissues with Ce3D multiplex volume imaging

W Li, RN Germain, MY Gerner - Nature protocols, 2019 - nature.com
Understanding the structure–function relationships between diverse cell types in a complex
organ environment requires detailed in situ reconstruction of cell-associated molecular …

Overexpression of T-bet in HIV infection is associated with accumulation of B cells outside germinal centers and poor affinity maturation

JW Austin, CM Buckner, L Kardava, W Wang… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Nearly all chronic human infections are associated with alterations in the memory B cell
(MBC) compartment, including a large expansion of CD19hiT-bethi MBC in the peripheral …

[HTML][HTML] CXCR5+ CD8 T cells: protective or pathogenic?

KM Valentine, KK Hoyer - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
CD8 T cells are infrequently considered part of germinal center reactions. Yet, a distinct
CXCR5+ CD8 T cell subset identified within the B cell follicle and germinal center in …

IL-27 promotes the expansion of self-renewing CD8+ T cells in persistent viral infection

Z Huang, J Zak, I Pratumchai, N Shaabani… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - rupress.org
Chronic infection and cancer are associated with suppressed T cell responses in the
presence of cognate antigen. Recent work identified memory-like CXCR5+ TCF1+ CD8+ T …

[HTML][HTML] Star nanoparticles delivering HIV-1 peptide minimal immunogens elicit near-native envelope antibody responses in nonhuman primates

JR Francica, R Laga, GM Lynn, G Mužíková… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Peptide immunogens provide an approach to focus antibody responses to specific
neutralizing sites on the HIV envelope protein (Env) trimer or on other pathogens. However …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term persistence of anti-HIV broadly neutralizing antibody-secreting hematopoietic cells in humanized mice

AS Kuhlmann, KG Haworth, IM Barber-Axthelm… - Molecular Therapy, 2019 - cell.com
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) are among the most promising strategies to achieve
long-term control of HIV-1 in the absence of combination antiretroviral therapy. Passive …