CD8+ T cells in HIV control, cure and prevention

DR Collins, GD Gaiha, BD Walker - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
HIV infection can be effectively treated by lifelong administration of combination antiretroviral
therapy, but an effective vaccine will likely be required to end the HIV epidemic. Although the …

Recommendations for measuring HIV reservoir size in cure-directed clinical trials

M Abdel-Mohsen, D Richman, RF Siliciano… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Therapeutic strategies are being clinically tested either to eradicate latent HIV reservoirs or
to achieve virologic control in the absence of antiretroviral therapy. Attaining this goal will …

The latent reservoir of inducible, infectious HIV-1 does not decrease despite decades of antiretroviral therapy

NF McMyn, J Varriale, EJ Fray… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
HIV-1 persists in a latent reservoir in resting CD4+ T cells despite antiretroviral therapy
(ART). The reservoir decays slowly over the first 7 years of ART (t 1/2= 44 months). However …

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 …

Current status of latency reversing agents facing the heterogeneity of HIV-1 cellular and tissue reservoirs

A Ait-Ammar, A Kula, G Darcis, R Verdikt… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
One of the most explored therapeutic approaches aimed at eradicating HIV-1 reservoirs is
the “shock and kill” strategy which is based on HIV-1 reactivation in latently-infected cells …

[HTML][HTML] The paradox of HIV blood–brain barrier penetrance and antiretroviral drug delivery deficiencies

O Osborne, N Peyravian, M Nair, S Daunert… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
HIV attacks the body's immune cells, frequently compromises the integrity of the blood–brain
barrier (BBB), and infects the CNS in the early stages of infection. Dysfunction of the BBB …

HIV rebound is predominantly fueled by genetically identical viral expansions from diverse reservoirs

MA De Scheerder, B Vrancken, S Dellicour, T Schlub… - Cell host & …, 2019 - cell.com
Viral rebound upon stopping combined antiretroviral therapy poses a major barrier toward
an HIV cure. Cellular and anatomical sources responsible for reinitiating viral replication …

Recommendations for analytical antiretroviral treatment interruptions in HIV research trials—report of a consensus meeting

B Julg, L Dee, J Ananworanich, DH Barouch, K Bar… - The lancet HIV, 2019 - thelancet.com
Analytical antiretroviral treatment interruption (ATI) is an important feature of HIV research,
seeking to achieve sustained viral suppression in the absence of antiretroviral therapy (ART) …

In vivo dynamics of the latent reservoir for HIV-1: new insights and implications for cure

JD Siliciano, RF Siliciano - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) can reduce viremia to below the limit of detection and
allow persons living with HIV-1 (PLWH) to lead relatively normal lives, viremia rebounds …

Profound phenotypic and epigenetic heterogeneity of the HIV-1-infected CD4+ T cell reservoir

VH Wu, JML Nordin, S Nguyen, J Joy, F Mampe… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the complexity of the long-lived HIV reservoir during antiretroviral therapy
(ART) remains a considerable impediment in research towards a cure for HIV. To address …