[PDF][PDF] 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 …

Pathogenesis of HIV-related lung disease: immunity, infection, and inflammation

SK Cribbs, K Crothers, A Morris - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Despite anti-retroviral therapy (ART), human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV)-related
pulmonary disease continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality for people living …

[HTML][HTML] HIV persists throughout deep tissues with repopulation from multiple anatomical sources

A Chaillon, S Gianella, S Dellicour… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Understanding HIV dynamics across the human body is important for cure
efforts. This goal has been hampered by technical difficulties and the challenge of obtaining …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophages but not astrocytes harbor HIV DNA in the brains of HIV-1-infected aviremic individuals on suppressive antiretroviral therapy

A Ko, G Kang, JB Hattler, HI Galadima, J Zhang… - Journal of Neuroimmune …, 2019 - Springer
The question of whether the human brain is an anatomical site of persistent HIV-1 infection
during suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART) is critical, but remains unanswered. The …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent HIV-infected cells in cerebrospinal fluid are associated with poorer neurocognitive performance

S Spudich, KR Robertson, RJ Bosch… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Persistence of HIV in sanctuary sites despite antiretroviral therapy (ART)
presents a barrier to HIV remission and may affect neurocognitive function. We assessed …

HIV-1 TAT-mediated microglial activation: role of mitochondrial dysfunction and defective mitophagy

A Thangaraj, P Periyasamy, K Liao, VS Bendi… - Autophagy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
While the advent of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has dramatically increased the
life expectancy of HIV-1 infected individuals, paradoxically, however, the prevalence of HIV …

[HTML][HTML] The multifaceted nature of HIV latency

C Dufour, P Gantner, R Fromentin… - The Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Although antiretroviral therapies (ARTs) potently inhibit HIV replication, they do not eradicate
the virus. HIV persists in cellular and anatomical reservoirs that show minimal decay during …

[PDF][PDF] Near full-length HIV sequencing in multiple tissues collected postmortem reveals shared clonal expansions across distinct reservoirs during ART

C Dufour, MJ Ruiz, A Pagliuzza, C Richard, A Shahid… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
HIV persists in tissues during antiretroviral therapy (ART), but the relative contribution of
different anatomical compartments to the viral reservoir in humans remains unknown. We …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term persistence and function of hematopoietic stem cell-derived chimeric antigen receptor T cells in a nonhuman primate model of HIV/AIDS

A Zhen, CW Peterson, MA Carrillo, SS Reddy… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cells have emerged as a powerful immunotherapy for
various forms of cancer and show promise in treating HIV-1 infection. However, significant …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting cellular and tissue HIV reservoirs with toll-like receptor agonists

AB Macedo, CL Novis, A Bosque - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The elimination of both cellular and tissue latent reservoirs is a challenge toward a
successful HIV cure.“Shock and Kill” are among the therapeutic strategies that have been …