The reservoir of latent HIV

J Chen, T Zhou, Y Zhang, S Luo, H Chen… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The persistence of latent reservoir of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is currently
the major challenge in curing HIV infection. After HIV infects the human body, the latent HIV …

Examining chronic inflammation, immune metabolism, and T cell dysfunction in HIV infection

W Mu, V Patankar, S Kitchen, A Zhen - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chronic Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection remains a significant challenge to
global public health. Despite advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART), which has …

[HTML][HTML] A highly multiplexed droplet digital PCR assay to measure the intact HIV-1 proviral reservoir

CN Levy, SM Hughes, P Roychoudhury, DB Reeves… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
Quantifying the replication-competent HIV reservoir is essential for evaluating curative
strategies. Viral outgrowth assays (VOAs) underestimate the reservoir because they fail to …

Predictors of HIV rebound differ by timing of antiretroviral therapy initiation

JZ Li, M Melberg, A Kittilson, M Abdel-Mohsen… - JCI …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Identifying factors that predict the timing of HIV rebound after treatment
interruption will be crucial for designing and evaluating interventions for HIV remission …

[HTML][HTML] Why the HIV reservoir never runs dry: clonal expansion and the characteristics of HIV-infected cells challenge strategies to cure and control HIV infection

CY Lau, MA Adan, F Maldarelli - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) effectively reduces cycles of viral replication but does not target
proviral populations in cells that persist for prolonged periods and that can undergo clonal …

Estimating the contribution of CD4 T cell subset proliferation and differentiation to HIV persistence

DB Reeves, C Bacchus-Souffan, M Fitch… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Persistence of HIV in people living with HIV (PWH) on suppressive antiretroviral therapy
(ART) has been linked to physiological mechanisms of CD4+ T cells. Here, in the same 37 …

HIV persistence in subsets of CD4+ T cells: 50 shades of reservoirs

R Fromentin, N Chomont - Seminars in immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
Antiretroviral therapy controls HIV replication but does not eliminate the virus from the
infected host. The persistence of a small pool of cells harboring integrated and replication …

New frontiers in measuring and characterizing the HIV reservoir

SD Falcinelli, C Ceriani, DM Margolis… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
A cure for HIV infection remains elusive due to the persistence of replication-competent HIV
proviral DNA during suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART). With the exception of rare elite …

Relationship between CD4 T cell turnover, cellular differentiation and HIV persistence during ART

C Bacchus-Souffan, M Fitch, J Symons… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The precise role of CD4 T cell turnover in maintaining HIV persistence during antiretroviral
therapy (ART) has not yet been well characterized. In resting CD4 T cell subpopulations …

Lymph node CXCR5+ NK cells associate with control of chronic SHIV infection

SA Rahman, JM Billingsley, AA Sharma, TM Styles… - JCI …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The persistence of virally infected cells as reservoirs despite effective antiretroviral therapy is
a major barrier to an HIV/SIV cure. These reservoirs are predominately contained within …