Defining total-body AIDS-virus burden with implications for curative strategies

Estes JD, Kityo C, Ssali F, Swainson L, Makamdop KN, Del Prete GQ, Deeks SG, Luciw PA, Chipman JG, Beilman GJ, Hoskuldsson T, Khoruts A, Anderson J, Deleage C, Jasurda J, Schmidt TE, Hafertepe M, Callisto SP, Pearson H, Reimann T, Schuster J, Schoephoerster J, Southern P, Perkey K, Shang L, Wietgrefe SW, Fletcher CV, Lifson JD, Douek DC, McCune JM, Haase AT, Schacker TW (2017)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Book Volume: 23

Pages Range: 1271-1276

Journal Issue: 11

DOI: 10.1038/nm.4411

Abstract

In the quest for a functional cure or the eradication of HIV infection, it is necessary to know the sizes of the reservoirs from which infection rebounds after treatment interruption. Thus, we quantified SIV and HIV tissue burdens in tissues of infected nonhuman primates and lymphoid tissue (LT) biopsies from infected humans. Before antiretroviral therapy (ART), LTs contained >98% of the SIV RNA + and DNA + cells. With ART, the numbers of virus (v) RNA+ cells substantially decreased but remained detectable, and their persistence was associated with relatively lower drug concentrations in LT than in peripheral blood. Prolonged ART also decreased the levels of SIV- and HIV-DNA + cells, but the estimated size of the residual tissue burden of 10 8 vDNA + cells potentially containing replication-competent proviruses, along with evidence of continuing virus production in LT despite ART, indicated two important sources for rebound following treatment interruption. The large sizes of these tissue reservoirs underscore challenges in developing 'HIV cure' strategies targeting multiple sources of virus production.

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APA:

Estes, J.D., Kityo, C., Ssali, F., Swainson, L., Makamdop, K.N., Del Prete, G.Q.,... Schacker, T.W. (2017). Defining total-body AIDS-virus burden with implications for curative strategies. Nature Medicine, 23(11), 1271-1276. https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.4411

MLA:

Estes, Jacob D., et al. "Defining total-body AIDS-virus burden with implications for curative strategies." Nature Medicine 23.11 (2017): 1271-1276.

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