New SHIVs and improved design strategy for modeling HIV-1 transmission, immunopathogenesis, prevention, and cure

H Li, S Wang, FH Lee, RS Roark, AI Murphy… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Previously, we showed that substitution of HIV-1 envelope (Env) residue 375-Ser by bulky
aromatic residues enhances binding to rhesus CD4 and enables primary HIV-1 Envs to …

In Vivo Validation of the Viral Barcoding of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac239 and the Development of New Barcoded SIV and Subtype B and C Simian …

S Khanal, CM Fennessey, SP O'Brien, A Thorpe… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Genetically barcoded viral populations are powerful tools for evaluating the overall viral
population structure as well as assessing the dynamics and evolution of individual lineages …

Th17 T cells and immature dendritic cells are the preferential initial targets after rectal challenge with a simian immunodeficiency virus-based replication-defective dual …

D Maric, WA Grimm, N Greco, MD McRaven… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Understanding the earliest events of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) sexual
transmission is critical to developing and optimizing HIV prevention strategies. To gain …

The mucosal barrier and anti-viral immune responses can eliminate portions of the viral population during transmission and early viral growth

RV Moriarty, AE Golfinos, DD Gellerup, H Schweigert… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Little is known about how specific individual viral lineages replicating systemically during
acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/SIV) infection …

Immune responses and viral persistence in simian/human immunodeficiency virus SHIV. C. CH848-infected rhesus macaques

W Ziani, A Bauer, H Lu, X Wang, X Wu, KJ Bar… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chimeric simian/human immunodeficiency viruses (SHIVs) are widely used in nonhuman
primate models to recapitulate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in humans, yet …

Increased Proviral DNA in Circulating Cells Correlates with Plasma Viral Rebound in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Rhesus Macaques after Antiretroviral …

W Ziani, J Shao, X Wang, K Russell-Lodrigue… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reservoir is responsible for persistent viral
infection, and a small number of mosaic latent cellular reservoirs promote viral rebound …

A MUC16 IgG binding activity selects for a restricted subset of IgG enriched for certain simian immunodeficiency virus epitope specificities

JR Schneider, X Shen, C Orlandi, T Nyanhete… - Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
We have recently shown that MUC16, a component of the glycocalyx of some mucosal
barriers, has elevated binding to the G0 glycoform of the Fc portion of IgG. Therefore, IgG …

Correction: Mitigation of endemic GI-tract pathogen-mediated inflammation through development of multimodal treatment regimen and its impact on SIV acquisition in …

RM Bochart, K Busman-Sahay, S Bondoc… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The published article [1] presents data from two separate animal studies. The first study
conducted at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) comprised an 18-rhesus macaque (RM) …

Experimental bacterial dysbiosis with consequent immune alterations increase intrarectal SIV acquisition susceptibility

AM Ortiz, PJ Baker, CA Langner, J Simpson, A Stacy… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Variations in the composition of the intestinal bacterial microbiome correlate with acquisition
of some sexually transmitted pathogens. To experimentally assess the contribution of …