2021
Cerebrospinal fluid CD4+ T cell infection in humans and macaques during acute HIV-1 and SHIV infection
Sharma V, Creegan M, Tokarev A, Hsu D, Slike BM, Sacdalan C, Chan P, Spudich S, Ananworanich J, Eller MA, Krebs SJ, Vasan S, Bolton DL. Cerebrospinal fluid CD4+ T cell infection in humans and macaques during acute HIV-1 and SHIV infection. PLOS Pathogens 2021, 17: e1010105. PMID: 34874976, PMCID: PMC8683024, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT-cell infectionCentral nervous systemAcute HIV-1HIV-1 replicationCerebrospinal fluidT cellsHIV-1Peripheral bloodViral reservoirCell infectionBroad immune activationCerebrospinal fluid CD4CNS viral reservoirCSF T cellsHIV-1 cureActive viral transcriptionLong-term inflammationViral RNACSF CD4Early neuroinflammationAntiretroviral therapyHuman cerebrospinal fluidAcute infectionImmune activationCNS compartment
2019
Potential for early antiretroviral therapy to reduce central nervous system HIV-1 persistence.
Spudich S, Peterson J, Fuchs D, Price RW, Gisslen M. Potential for early antiretroviral therapy to reduce central nervous system HIV-1 persistence. AIDS 2019, 33 Suppl 2: s135-s144. PMID: 31789814, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 infectionCentral nervous systemEarly antiretroviral therapyAntiretroviral therapyHIV-1 persistenceEarly treatmentInitiation of ARTCentral nervous inflammationEarly-treatment cohortHIV-1 exposureHIV-1 reservoirCourse of infectionClinical neurological diseaseCNS infectionHIV reservoirTreatment cohortsImmune activationCNS compartmentViral controlHIV-1Cerebrospinal fluidClinical reportsNervous systemEarly infectionNeurological diseases