2023
HIV-1 Remission: Accelerating the Path to Permanent HIV-1 Silencing
Lyons D, Kumar P, Roan N, Defechereux P, Feschotte C, Lange U, Murthy N, Sameshima P, Verdin E, Ake J, Parsons M, Nath A, Gianella S, Smith D, Kallas E, Villa T, Strange R, Mwesigwa B, O’Brien R, Nixon D, Ndhlovu L, Valente S, Ott M. HIV-1 Remission: Accelerating the Path to Permanent HIV-1 Silencing. Viruses 2023, 15: 2171. PMID: 38005849, PMCID: PMC10674359, DOI: 10.3390/v15112171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesEndogenous RetrovirusesHIV InfectionsHIV SeropositivityHIV-1HumansProvirusesVirus Latency
2021
Modulating HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein conformation to decrease the HIV-1 reservoir
Rajashekar JK, Richard J, Beloor J, Prévost J, Anand SP, Beaudoin-Bussières G, Shan L, Herndler-Brandstetter D, Gendron-Lepage G, Medjahed H, Bourassa C, Gaudette F, Ullah I, Symmes K, Peric A, Lindemuth E, Bibollet-Ruche F, Park J, Chen HC, Kaufmann DE, Hahn BH, Sodroski J, Pazgier M, Flavell RA, Smith AB, Finzi A, Kumar P. Modulating HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein conformation to decrease the HIV-1 reservoir. Cell Host & Microbe 2021, 29: 904-916.e6. PMID: 34019804, PMCID: PMC8214472, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.04.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibody-Dependent Cell CytotoxicityAntiviral AgentsCD4 AntigensCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell LineEnv Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusEpitopesFemaleGlycoproteinsHEK293 CellsHIV InfectionsHIV-1HumansImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsKiller Cells, NaturalMaleMiceMice, SCIDModels, AnimalProtein ConformationVirus ReplicationConceptsAntibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicityHIV-1 reservoirFc effector functionsViral reboundHumanized miceHIV-1HIV-1-infected individualsHIV-1-infected cellsAutologous HIV-1Natural killer cellsCD4-mimetic compoundsHIV-1 replicationSmall CD4-mimetic compoundsART interruptionFunctional cureNK cellsKiller cellsCellular cytotoxicityTherapeutic utilityInfected individualsCD4mcVirus reservoirMiceViral envelopeAntibody recognition
2015
Broad CTL response is required to clear latent HIV-1 due to dominance of escape mutations
Deng K, Pertea M, Rongvaux A, Wang L, Durand CM, Ghiaur G, Lai J, McHugh HL, Hao H, Zhang H, Margolick JB, Gurer C, Murphy AJ, Valenzuela DM, Yancopoulos GD, Deeks SG, Strowig T, Kumar P, Siliciano JD, Salzberg SL, Flavell RA, Shan L, Siliciano RF. Broad CTL response is required to clear latent HIV-1 due to dominance of escape mutations. Nature 2015, 517: 381-385. PMID: 25561180, PMCID: PMC4406054, DOI: 10.1038/nature14053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAnimalsAnti-HIV AgentsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesChronic DiseaseEpitopes, T-LymphocyteFemaleGag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusGenes, DominantGenes, ViralHIV InfectionsHIV-1HumansMaleMiceMutationRNA, ViralT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicViral LoadVirus LatencyVirus Replication