Reconstitution of HIV-specific Immunity Against HIV

Summary

Research Goal: To reconstitute the anti-HIV specific immunity system of the AIDS patients, so the viruses could not massively replicate when HAART was discontinued, then make HIV functional cure possible.

Timeline

Start

2016-01

Primary completion

2017-06

Completion

2017-12

Publications

• Background Fidler S, Olson A, Fox J, Phillips A, Morrison C, Thornhill J, Bucher H, Muga R, Porter K. The importance of viral blips and duration of therapy initiated in primary infection in maintaining viral control after stopping cART. J Int AIDS Soc. 2014 Nov 2;17(4 Suppl 3):19820. doi: 10.7448/IAS.17.4.19820. eCollection 2014.
• Background Archin NM, Sung JM, Garrido C, Soriano-Sarabia N, Margolis DM. Eradicating HIV-1 infection: seeking to clear a persistent pathogen. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2014 Nov;12(11):750-64. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro3352.
• Background Chew N, Tan E, Li L, Lim R. HIV-1 tat and rev upregulates osteoclast bone resorption. J Int AIDS Soc. 2014 Nov 2;17(4 Suppl 3):19724. doi: 10.7448/IAS.17.4.19724. eCollection 2014.
• Background Abdel-Mohsen M, Deng X, Danesh A, Liegler T, Jacobs ES, Rauch A, Ledergerber B, Norris PJ, Gunthard HF, Wong JK, Pillai SK. Role of microRNA modulation in the interferon-alpha/ribavirin suppression of HIV-1 in vivo. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 2;9(10):e109220. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109220. eCollection 2014.
• Background Vandergeeten C, Fromentin R, DaFonseca S, Lawani MB, Sereti I, Lederman MM, Ramgopal M, Routy JP, Sekaly RP, Chomont N. Interleukin-7 promotes HIV persistence during antiretroviral therapy. Blood. 2013 May 23;121(21):4321-9. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-11-465625. Epub 2013 Apr 15.
• Background Cahn P, Ruxrungtham K, Gazzard B, Diaz RS, Gori A, Kotler DP, Vriesema A, Georgiou NA, Garssen J, Clerici M, Lange JM; (BTE) Blinded Nutritional Study for Immunity and Tolerance Evaluation Study Team. The immunomodulatory nutritional intervention NR100157 reduced CD4+ T-cell decline and immune activation: a 1-year multicenter randomized controlled double-blind trial in HIV-infected persons not receiving antiretroviral therapy (The BITE Study). Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Jul;57(1):139-46. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit171. Epub 2013 Mar 19.
• Results Sandler NG, Bosinger SE, Estes JD, Zhu RT, Tharp GK, Boritz E, Levin D, Wijeyesinghe S, Makamdop KN, del Prete GQ, Hill BJ, Timmer JK, Reiss E, Yarden G, Darko S, Contijoch E, Todd JP, Silvestri G, Nason M, Norgren RB Jr, Keele BF, Rao S, Langer JA, Lifson JD, Schreiber G, Douek DC. Type I interferon responses in rhesus macaques prevent SIV infection and slow disease progression. Nature. 2014 Jul 31;511(7511):601-5. doi: 10.1038/nature13554. Epub 2014 Jul 9.
• Results Bouchat S, Gatot JS, Kabeya K, Cardona C, Colin L, Herbein G, De Wit S, Clumeck N, Lambotte O, Rouzioux C, Rohr O, Van Lint C. Histone methyltransferase inhibitors induce HIV-1 recovery in resting CD4(+) T cells from HIV-1-infected HAART-treated patients. AIDS. 2012 Jul 31;26(12):1473-82. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32835535f5.
• Results Crawford TQ, Hecht FM, Pilcher CD, Ndhlovu LC, Barbour JD. Activation associated ERK1/2 signaling impairments in CD8+ T cells co-localize with blunted polyclonal and HIV-1 specific effector functions in early untreated HIV-1 infection. PLoS One. 2013 Oct 15;8(10):e77412. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077412. eCollection 2013.

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