Natural Products of the Fungal Genus Humicola: Diversity, Biological Activity, and Industrial Importance

SRM Ibrahim, SGA Mohamed, AE Altyar… - Current …, 2021 - Springer
Fungal metabolites are worthily taken into account as a pool of synthetically interesting and
remarkably important new lead compounds for medical, agricultural, and chemical …

Proviral location affects cognate peptide–induced virus production and immune recognition of HIV-1–infected T cell clones

F Dragoni, AK Kwaa, CC Traut… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND HIV-1–infected CD4+ T cells contribute to latent reservoir persistence by
proliferating while avoiding immune recognition. Integration features of intact proviruses in …

Addressing an HIV cure in LMIC

SD Ismail, J Pankrac, E Ndashimye, JL Prodger… - Retrovirology, 2021 - Springer
HIV-1 persists in infected individuals despite years of antiretroviral therapy (ART), due to the
formation of a stable and long-lived latent viral reservoir. Early ART can reduce the latent …

Targeted shock-and-kill HIV-1 gene therapy approach combining CRISPR activation, suicide gene tBid and retargeted adenovirus delivery

S Klinnert, CD Schenkel, PC Freitag, HF Günthard… - Gene Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Infections with the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are incurable due the long-
lasting, latent viral reservoir. The shock-and-kill cure approach aims to activate latent …

Effective and targeted latency reversal in CD4+ T cells from individuals on long term combined antiretroviral therapy initiated during chronic HIV-1 infection

MH Ngo, J Pankrac, RCY Ho… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To date, an affordable, effective treatment for an HIV-1 cure remains only a concept with
most “latency reversal” agents (LRAs) lacking specificity for the latent HIV-1 reservoir and …

T-cell evasion and invasion during HIV-1 infection: the role of HIV-1 Tat protein

MM Yaseen, NM Abuharfeil, H Darmani - Cellular Immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
T-cell-mediated immune responses play indispensable roles in the defense against
infectious pathogens including human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) which can …

A Canadian Survey of Research on HIV-1 Latency—Where Are We Now and Where Are We Heading?

AL Abdalla, G Guajardo-Contreras, AJ Mouland - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Worldwide, almost 40 million people are currently living with HIV-1. The implementation of
cART inhibits HIV-1 replication and reduces viremia but fails to eliminate HIV-1 from latently …

How to break free: HIV-1 escapes from innovative therapeutic approaches

G Magro, A Calistri, C Parolin - Frontiers in Virology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With nearly 38 million of people worldwide living with HIV-1 and no definitive cure available
after almost 40 years of research, AIDS is still a major global public health issue. Modern …

[PDF][PDF] Quantifying the clonality and dynamics of the within-host HIV-1 latent reservoir

RC Ferreira, JL Prodger, AD Redd, AFY Poon - Virus Evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Among people living with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), the long-term
persistence of a population of cells carrying transcriptionally silent integrated viral DNA …

Shock and kill, but don't miss the target

G Herbein - EBioMedicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
Definitive cure of HIV-1 infected patients is limited by the persistence of viral reservoirs
under cART, where the interruption of the latter usually precipitates a viral rebound. Main …