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 …

Curing HIV: seeking to target and clear persistent infection

DM Margolis, NM Archin, MS Cohen, JJ Eron, G Ferrari… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection persists despite years of
antiretroviral therapy (ART). To remove the stigma and burden of chronic infection …

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 …

Clonally expanded HIV-1 proviruses with 5′-leader defects can give rise to nonsuppressible residual viremia

JA White, F Wu, S Yasin… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) halts HIV-1 replication, decreasing viremia to below
the detection limit of clinical assays. However, some individuals experience persistent …

Persistent HIV-1 replication maintains the tissue reservoir during therapy

R Lorenzo-Redondo, HR Fryer, T Bedford, EY Kim… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Lymphoid tissue is a key reservoir established by HIV-1 during acute infection. It is a site
associated with viral production, storage of viral particles in immune complexes, and viral …

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 …

Proliferation of cells with HIV integrated into cancer genes contributes to persistent infection

TA Wagner, S McLaughlin, K Garg, CYK Cheung… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Antiretroviral treatment (ART) of HIV infection suppresses viral replication. Yet if ART is
stopped, virus reemerges because of the persistence of infected cells. We evaluated the …

Expanded cellular clones carrying replication-competent HIV-1 persist, wax, and wane

Z Wang, EE Gurule, TP Brennan… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The latent reservoir for HIV-1 in resting CD4+ T cells is a major barrier to cure. Several lines
of evidence suggest that the latent reservoir is maintained through cellular proliferation …

Proviruses with identical sequences comprise a large fraction of the replication-competent HIV reservoir

JK Bui, MD Sobolewski, BF Keele, J Spindler… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The major obstacle to curing HIV infection is the persistence of cells with intact proviruses
that can produce replication-competent virus. This HIV reservoir is believed to exist primarily …

HIV reservoir size and persistence are driven by T cell survival and homeostatic proliferation

N Chomont, M El-Far, P Ancuta, L Trautmann… - Nature medicine, 2009 - nature.com
HIV persists in a reservoir of latently infected CD4+ T cells in individuals treated with highly
active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Here we identify central memory (TCM) and …