HIV Latency in Myeloid Cells : Challenges for a Cure

The use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) treatment has been highly successful in controlling plasma viremia to undetectable levels. However, a complete cure for HIV is hindered by the presence of replication-competent HIV, integrated in the host genome, that can persist long term in a resting state called viral latency. Resting memory CD4+ T cells are considered the biggest reservoir of persistent HIV infection and are often studied exclusively as the main target for an HIV cure. However, other cell types, such as circulating monocytes and tissue-resident macrophages, can harbor integrated, replication-competent HIV. To develop a cure for HIV, focus is needed not only on the T cell compartment, but also on these myeloid reservoirs of persistent HIV infection. In this review, we summarize their importance when designing HIV cure strategies and challenges associated to their identification and specific targeting by the "shock and kill" approach.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) - 11(2022), 6 vom: 24. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chitrakar, Alisha [VerfasserIn]
Sanz, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Maggirwar, Sanjay B [VerfasserIn]
Soriano-Sarabia, Natalia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CNS
Cellular reservoirs
HIV cure
HIV latency
Journal Article
Macrophages
Monocytes
Myeloid cells
Review

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Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/pathogens11060611

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NLM342665502