HIV control: Is getting there the same as staying there?

P Goulder, SG Deeks - PLoS pathogens, 2018 - journals.plos.org
In this brief review and perspective, we address the question of whether the immune
responses that bring about immune control of acute HIV infection are the same as, or distinct …

Combination therapy with anti-HIV-1 antibodies maintains viral suppression

P Mendoza, H Gruell, L Nogueira, JA Pai, AL Butler… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Individuals infected with HIV-1 require lifelong antiretroviral therapy, because interruption of
treatment leads to rapid rebound viraemia. Here we report on a phase 1b clinical trial in …

Learning from the exceptions: HIV remission in post-treatment controllers

B Etemad, E Esmaeilzadeh, JZ Li - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Among the top priorities of the HIV field is the search for therapeutic interventions that can
lead to sustained antiretroviral therapy (ART)-free HIV remission. Although the majority of …

Early antiretroviral therapy favors post-treatment SIV control associated with the expansion of enhanced memory CD8+ T-cells

C Passaes, D Desjardins, A Chapel… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
HIV remission can be achieved in some people, called post-treatment HIV controllers, after
antiretroviral treatment discontinuation. Treatment initiation close to the time of infection was …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-associated HIV-1 RNA predicts viral rebound and disease progression after discontinuation of temporary early ART

AO Pasternak, ML Grijsen, FW Wit, M Bakker… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Plasma viral load (VL) and CD4+ T cell count are widely used as biomarkers of HIV type 1
(HIV-1) replication, pathogenesis, and response to antiretroviral therapy (ART). However …

[HTML][HTML] Blockade of TGF-β signaling reactivates HIV-1/SIV reservoirs and immune responses in vivo

S Samer, Y Thomas, M Araínga, C Carter, LM Shirreff… - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
TGF-β plays a critical role in maintaining immune cells in a resting state by inhibiting cell
activation and proliferation. Resting HIV-1 target cells represent the main cellular reservoir …

Primary HIV infection: clinical presentation, testing, and treatment

A Henn, C Flateau, S Gallien - Current infectious disease reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review was to provide current data on
clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of primary HIV infection (PHI). Recent …

In-depth characterization of full-length archived viral genomes after nine years of posttreatment HIV control

P Trémeaux, F Lemoine, A Mélard… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
In the search for control of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection without
antiretroviral therapy, posttreatment controllers (PTCs) are models of HIV remission. To …

Electrocautery ablation of anal high‐grade squamous intraepithelial lesions: effectiveness and key factors associated with outcomes

MM Gaisa, Y Liu, AA Deshmukh, KL Stone, KM Sigel - Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Electrocautery ablation (EA) is a common treatment modality for patients with
anal high‐grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs), but to the authors' knowledge its …

Abrupt and altered cell-type specific DNA methylation profiles in blood during acute HIV infection persists despite prompt initiation of ART

MJ Corley, C Sacdalan, APS Pang, N Chomchey… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
HIV-1 disrupts the host epigenetic landscape with consequences for disease pathogenesis,
viral persistence, and HIV-associated comorbidities. Here, we examined how soon after …