mBio (Apr 2021)

B Lymphocytes, but Not Dendritic Cells, Efficiently HIV-1 <i>Trans</i> Infect Naive CD4 <sup>+</sup> T Cells: Implications for the Viral Reservoir

  • Abigail Gerberick,
  • Diana C. DeLucia,
  • Paolo Piazza,
  • Mounia Alaoui-El-Azher,
  • Charles R. Rinaldo,
  • Nicolas Sluis-Cremer,
  • Giovanna Rappocciolo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02998-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2

Abstract

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The latent human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reservoir in persons on antiretroviral therapy (ART) represents a major barrier to a cure. Although most studies have focused on the HIV-1 reservoir in the memory T cell subset, replication-competent HIV-1 has been isolated from T NnegN