T Cell-Specific siRNA Delivery Suppresses HIV-1 Infection in Humanized Mice
Kumar P, Ban HS, Kim SS, Wu H, Pearson T, Greiner DL, Laouar A, Yao J, Haridas V, Habiro K, Yang YG, Jeong JH, Lee KY, Kim YH, Kim SW, Peipp M, Fey GH, Manjunath N, Shultz LD, Lee SK, Shankar P. T Cell-Specific siRNA Delivery Suppresses HIV-1 Infection in Humanized Mice. Cell 2008, 134: 577-586. PMID: 18691745, PMCID: PMC2943428, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.06.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV infectionAntiviral siRNAsT cellsAnimal modelsCD4 T-cell countCD4 T-cell lossPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsSuppress HIV-1 infectionHu-HSC miceHu-PBL miceT-cell countsT cell lossHIV-1 infectionBlood mononuclear cellsNaive T cellsPreclinical animal modelsSuitable animal modelHumanized miceInfected miceMononuclear cellsSuppress viremiaCell countCell lossTherapeutic potentialHematopoietic stem cells