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 …

HIV latency

RF Siliciano, WC Greene - Cold Spring …, 2011 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
HIV-1 can establish a state of latent infection at the level of individual T cells. Latently
infected cells are rare in vivo and appear to arise when activated CD4+ T cells, the major …

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 …

Robust and persistent reactivation of SIV and HIV by N-803 and depletion of CD8+ cells

JB McBrien, M Mavigner, L Franchitti, SA Smith… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) persists indefinitely in individuals with HIV who
receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) owing to a reservoir of latently infected cells that contain …

Precise quantitation of the latent HIV-1 reservoir: implications for eradication strategies

AM Crooks, R Bateson, AB Cope… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The quantitative viral outgrowth assay (QVOA) provides a precise minimal estimate of the
reservoir of resting CD4+ T-cell infection (resting cell infection [RCI]). However, the variability …

Comparative analysis of measures of viral reservoirs in HIV-1 eradication studies

S Eriksson, EH Graf, V Dahl, MC Strain, SA Yukl… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
HIV-1 reservoirs preclude virus eradication in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral
therapy (HAART). The best characterized reservoir is a small, difficult-to-quantify pool of …

Inflammatory and coagulation biomarkers and mortality in patients with HIV infection

LH Kuller, R Tracy, W Belloso, SD Wit… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background In the Strategies for Management of Anti-Retroviral Therapy trial, all-cause
mortality was higher for participants randomized to intermittent, CD4-guided antiretroviral …

Inflammation, immune activation, and antiretroviral therapy in HIV

CO Hileman, NT Funderburg - Current Hiv/aids reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review focuses on the differential effects of contemporary
antiretrovirals on systemic inflammation as heightened immune activation is linked to …

The challenge of finding a cure for HIV infection

DD Richman, DM Margolis, M Delaney, WC Greene… - Science, 2009 - science.org
Although combination therapy for HIV infection represents a triumph for modern medicine,
chronic suppressive therapy is required to contain persistent infection in reservoirs such as …

HIV and inflammation: mechanisms and consequences

PW Hunt - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2012 - Springer
Persistent immune activation and inflammation despite sustained antiretroviral therapy
(ART)-mediated viral suppression has emerged as a major challenge of the modern HIV …