Research priorities for an HIV cure: international AIDS society global scientific strategy 2021

SG Deeks, N Archin, P Cannon, S Collins, RB Jones… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Despite the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV, lifelong
treatment is required and there is no cure. HIV can integrate in the host genome and persist …

In vivo dynamics of the latent reservoir for HIV-1: new insights and implications for cure

JD Siliciano, RF Siliciano - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) can reduce viremia to below the limit of detection and
allow persons living with HIV-1 (PLWH) to lead relatively normal lives, viremia rebounds …

Prolonged viral suppression with anti-HIV-1 antibody therapy

C Gaebler, L Nogueira, E Stoffel, TY Oliveira, G Breton… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
HIV-1 infection remains a public health problem with no cure. Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is
effective but requires lifelong drug administration owing to a stable reservoir of latent …

Pembrolizumab induces HIV latency reversal in people living with HIV and cancer on antiretroviral therapy

TS Uldrick, SV Adams, R Fromentin, M Roche… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
In people living with HIV (PLWH) on antiretroviral therapy (ART), virus persists in a latent
form where there is minimal transcription or protein expression. Latently infected cells are a …

Safety, immunogenicity and effect on viral rebound of HTI vaccines in early treated HIV-1 infection: a randomized, placebo-controlled phase 1 trial

L Bailón, A Llano, S Cedeño, T Escribà… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract HIVACAT T-cell immunogen (HTI) is a novel human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
vaccine immunogen designed to elicit cellular immune responses to HIV targets associated …

Measuring the latent reservoir for HIV-1: Quantification bias in near full-length genome sequencing methods

JA White, JT Kufera, N Bachmann, W Dai… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) effectively inhibits HIV-1 replication but is not curative due to the
persistence of a latent viral reservoir in resting CD4+ T cells. This reservoir is a major barrier …

Broadly neutralizing antibody–derived CAR T cells reduce viral reservoir in individuals infected with HIV-1

B Liu, W Zhang, B Xia, S Jing, Y Du… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have emerged as an approach to
treat malignant tumors. This strategy has also been proposed for the treatment of HIV-1 …

Profound phenotypic and epigenetic heterogeneity of the HIV-1-infected CD4+ T cell reservoir

VH Wu, JML Nordin, S Nguyen, J Joy, F Mampe… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the complexity of the long-lived HIV reservoir during antiretroviral therapy
(ART) remains a considerable impediment in research towards a cure for HIV. To address …

A highly multiplexed droplet digital PCR assay to measure the intact HIV-1 proviral reservoir

CN Levy, SM Hughes, P Roychoudhury, DB Reeves… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
Quantifying the replication-competent HIV reservoir is essential for evaluating curative
strategies. Viral outgrowth assays (VOAs) underestimate the reservoir because they fail to …

Identification, quantification, and characterization of HIV-1 reservoirs in the human brain

M Donoso, D D'Amico, S Valdebenito, CA Hernandez… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The major barrier to cure HIV infection is the early generation and extended survival of HIV
reservoirs in the circulation and tissues. Currently, the techniques used to detect and …