Incomplete immune reconstitution in HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral therapy: Challenges of immunological non-responders

X Yang, B Su, X Zhang, Y Liu, H Wu… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The morbidity and mortality of HIV type-1 (HIV-1)-related diseases were dramatically
diminished by the grounds of the introduction of potent antiretroviral therapy, which induces …

When the damage is done: injury and repair in thymus function

S Kinsella, JA Dudakov - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Even though the thymus is exquisitely sensitive to acute insults like infection, shock, or
common cancer therapies such as cytoreductive chemo-or radiation-therapy, it also has a …

Dynamics of thymus function and T cell receptor repertoire breadth in health and disease

D Granadier, L Iovino, S Kinsella… - Seminars in …, 2021 - Springer
T cell recognition of unknown antigens relies on the tremendous diversity of the T cell
receptor (TCR) repertoire; generation of which can only occur in the thymus. TCR repertoire …

Cellular and molecular insights into incomplete immune recovery in HIV/AIDS patients

L Yan, K Xu, Q Xiao, L Tuo, T Luo, S Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART) can effectively inhibit virus replication and restore
immune function in most people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However …

Effects of PRRSV infection on the porcine thymus

G Wang, Y Yu, X Cai, EM Zhou, JJ Zimmerman - Trends in microbiology, 2020 - cell.com
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) dramatically affects the
thymus and its ability to carry out its normal functions. In particular, infection incapacitates …

Recent advances in poor HIV immune reconstitution: what will the future look like?

W Zhang, L Ruan - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Combination antiretroviral therapy has demonstrated proved effectiveness in suppressing
viral replication and significantly recovering CD4+ T cell count in HIV type-1 (HIV-1)-infected …

Altered gut microbiota is associated with different immunologic responses to antiretroviral therapy in HIV‐infected men who have sex with men

H Zhao, A Feng, D Luo, H Wu, G Zhang… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The association between gut microbiota and immunologic nonresponse among people
living with HIV (PLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is not well documented. This study …

'Rinse and replace': boosting T cell turnover to reduce HIV-1 reservoirs

Z Grossman, NJ Singh, FR Simonetti… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
Latent HIV-1 persists indefinitely during antiretroviral therapy (ART) as an integrated silent
genome in long-lived memory CD4+ T cells. In untreated infections, immune activation …

Hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells and the pathogenesis of HIV/AIDS

T Tsukamoto - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The interaction between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hematopoietic
stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) has been of great interest. However, it remains unclear …

Immunological recovery failure in cART-treated HIV-positive patients is associated with reduced thymic output and RTE CD4+ T cell death by pyroptosis

WHV Carvalho-Silva, JL Andrade-Santos… - Journal of Leukocyte …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Despite more than three decades of studies and advances in combination antiretroviral
therapy (cART) against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the mechanisms that precisely …