mBio (Oct 2021)

HIV-1 Genomes Are Enriched in Memory CD4 <sup>+</sup> T-Cells with Short Half-Lives

  • Vincent Morcilla,
  • Charline Bacchus-Souffan,
  • Katie Fisher,
  • Bethany A. Horsburgh,
  • Bonnie Hiener,
  • Xiao Qian Wang,
  • Timothy E. Schlub,
  • Mark Fitch,
  • Rebecca Hoh,
  • Frederick M. Hecht,
  • Jeffrey N. Martin,
  • Steven G. Deeks,
  • Marc K. Hellerstein,
  • Joseph M. McCune,
  • Peter W. Hunt,
  • Sarah Palmer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02447-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 5

Abstract

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The design of future HIV-1 curative therapies requires a more thorough understanding of the distribution of genetically intact HIV-1 within T-cell subsets as well as the cellular mechanisms that maintain this reservoir. These genetically intact and presumably replication-competent proviruses make up the latent HIV-1 reservoir.