Microglial cells: the main HIV-1 reservoir in the brain

C Wallet, M De Rovere, J Van Assche… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Despite efficient combination of the antiretroviral therapy (cART), which significantly
decreased mortality and morbidity of HIV-1 infection, a definitive HIV cure has not been …

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 …

Block-and-lock strategies to cure HIV infection

G Vansant, A Bruggemans, J Janssens, Z Debyser - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Today HIV infection cannot be cured due to the presence of a reservoir of latently infected
cells inducing a viral rebound upon treatment interruption. Hence, the latent reservoir is …

The current status of latency reversing agents for HIV-1 remission

A Rodari, G Darcis, CM Van Lint - Annual review of virology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Combinatory antiretroviral therapy (cART) reduces human immunodeficiency virus type 1
(HIV-1) replication but is not curative because cART interruption almost invariably leads to a …

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 …

HIV “shock and kill” therapy: In need of revision

E Abner, A Jordan - Antiviral research, 2019 - Elsevier
The implementation of antiretroviral therapy 23 years ago has rendered HIV infection
clinically manageable. However, the disease remains incurable, since it establishes latent …

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 …

Total HIV-1 DNA, a marker of viral reservoir dynamics with clinical implications

V Avettand-Fènoël, L Hocqueloux… - Clinical microbiology …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY HIV-1 DNA persists in infected cells despite combined antiretroviral therapy
(cART), forming viral reservoirs. Recent trials of strategies targeting latent HIV reservoirs …

Important role of microglia in HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorders and the molecular pathways implicated in its pathogenesis

A Borrajo, C Spuch, MA Penedo, JM Olivares… - Annals of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The development of effective combined anti-retroviral therapy (cART) led to a significant
reduction in the death rate associated with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) …

Novel latency reversal agents for HIV-1 cure

AM Spivak, V Planelles - Annual review of medicine, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has rendered HIV-1 infection a treatable illness; however, ART
is not curative owing to the persistence of replication-competent, latent proviruses in long …