Targeting HIV persistence in the tissue

DKJ Pieren, A Benítez-Martínez… - Current Opinion in HIV …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Targeting persistence in tissue reservoirs represents a complex but essential step towards
achieving HIV cure. Combinatorial strategies, particularly during the early phases of …

Harnessing immune cells to eliminate HIV reservoirs

P Grasberger, AR Sondrini… - Current Opinion in HIV …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Several studies have shown promise in many preclinical models of disease, including
simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)/SHIV infection in nonhuman primates and HIV infection …

Safety and antiviral effect of a triple combination of HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies: a phase 1/2a trial

B Julg, VEK Walker-Sperling, K Wagh, M Aid… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific broadly neutralizing monoclonal
antibodies (bNAbs) have to date shown transient viral suppression when administered as …

Rapid biphasic decay of intact and defective HIV DNA reservoir during acute treated HIV disease

A Barbehenn, L Shi, J Shao, R Hoh, HM Hartig… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV persists in latently-infected cells (the HIV reservoir)
which decay slowly over time. Here, leveraging> 500 longitudinal samples from 67 people …

Advancing Toward a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Cure: Initial Progress on a Difficult Path

DM Margolis - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2024 - id.theclinics.com
Following the emergence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic, more than
2 decades of intense effort and investment was required to develop and implement …

“Block and lock” viral integration sites in persons with drug-free control of HIV-1 infection

B Bone, M Lichterfeld - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2024 - journals.lww.com
A “blocked and locked” viral reservoir profile may constitute a structural virological correlate
of a functional cure of HIV-1 infection. Further research into the immunological mechanism …

Clinical trials aimed at HIV cure or remission: new pathways and lessons learned

MD Schou, OS Søgaard… - Expert Review of Anti …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The main barrier to finding a cure against HIV is the latent HIV reservoir, which
persists in people living with HIV (PLWH) despite antiretroviral treatment (ART). Here, we …

Enhancing broadly neutralising antibody suppression of HIV by immune modulation and vaccination

C Nel, J Frater - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Although HIV infection can be managed with antiretroviral drugs, there is no cure and
therapy has to be taken for life. Recent successes in animal models with HIV-specific …

Definition of Virological Endpoints Improving the Design of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Cure Strategies Using Analytical Antiretroviral Treatment Interruption

M Alexandre, M Prague, E Lhomme… - Clinical Infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Analytical treatment interruption (ATI) is the gold standard in HIV research for
assessing the capability of new therapeutic strategies to control viremia without antiretroviral …

Post-intervention control in HIV immunotherapy trials

DA Sandel, RL Rutishauser… - Current Opinion in HIV …, 2025 - journals.lww.com
While no therapeutic strategy to date has succeeded in definitively inducing HIV control,
many studies have identified at least a small number of post-intervention controllers. The …