The biology of the HIV-1 latent reservoir and implications for cure strategies

LB Cohn, N Chomont, SG Deeks - Cell host & microbe, 2020 - cell.com
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) inhibits HIV replication but is not curative. During ART, the
integrated HIV genome persists indefinitely within CD4+ T cells and perhaps other cells …

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 …

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

NF McMyn, J Varriale, EJ Fray, C Zitzmann… - The Journal of clinical …, 2023 - jci.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] HIV-1 remission and possible cure in a woman after haplo-cord blood transplant

J Hsu, K Van Besien, MJ Glesby, S Pahwa, A Coletti… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Previously, two men were cured of HIV-1 through CCR5Δ32 homozygous (CCR5Δ32/Δ32)
allogeneic adult stem cell transplant. We report the first remission and possible HIV-1 cure in …

A quantitative approach for measuring the reservoir of latent HIV-1 proviruses

KM Bruner, Z Wang, FR Simonetti, AM Bender… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
A stable latent reservoir for HIV-1 in resting CD4+ T cells is the principal barrier to a cure,–.
Curative strategies that target the reservoir are being tested, and require accurate, scalable …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell multiomics reveals persistence of HIV-1 in expanded cytotoxic T cell clones

JA Collora, R Liu, D Pinto-Santini, N Ravindra… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Understanding the drivers and markers of clonally expanding HIV-1-infected CD4+ T cells is
essential for HIV-1 eradication. We used single-cell ECCITE-seq, which captures surface …

Combination therapy with anti-HIV-1 antibodies maintains viral suppression

P Mendoza, H Gruell, L Nogueira, JA Pai, AL Butler… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Individuals infected with HIV-1 require lifelong antiretroviral therapy, because interruption of
treatment leads to rapid rebound viraemia. Here we report on a phase 1b clinical trial in …

Proliferation of latently infected CD4+ T cells carrying replication-competent HIV-1: Potential role in latent reservoir dynamics

NN Hosmane, KJ Kwon, KM Bruner… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - rupress.org
A latent reservoir for HIV-1 in resting CD4+ T lymphocytes precludes cure. Mechanisms
underlying reservoir stability are unclear. Recent studies suggest an unexpected degree of …

Defective HIV-1 proviruses are expressed and can be recognized by cytotoxic T lymphocytes, which shape the proviral landscape

RA Pollack, RB Jones, M Pertea, KM Bruner… - Cell host & …, 2017 - cell.com
Despite antiretroviral therapy, HIV-1 persists in memory CD4+ T cells, creating a barrier to
cure. The majority of HIV-1 proviruses are defective and considered clinically irrelevant …

International AIDS Society global scientific strategy: towards an HIV cure 2016

SG Deeks, SR Lewin, AL Ross, J Ananworanich… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Antiretroviral therapy is not curative. Given the challenges in providing lifelong therapy to a
global population of more than 35 million people living with HIV, there is intense interest in …