| Literature DB >> 23493152 |
Anthony R Cillo1, Amrita Krishnan, Ronald T Mitsuyasu, Deborah K McMahon, Shirley Li, John J Rossi, John A Zaia, John W Mellors.
Abstract
A cure of HIV-1 has been achieved in one individual through allogeneic stem cell transplantation with a CCR5[INCREMENT]32 homozygous donor. Whether myeloablation and autologous stem cell transplantation for lymphoma in patients on suppressive antiretroviral therapy can eliminate HIV-1 reservoirs is unknown. Low-level plasma viremia and total HIV-1 DNA and 2-LTR circles in blood mononuclear cells were quantified after autologous transplantation in 10 patients on suppressive antiretroviral therapy using quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays capable of single-copy nucleic acid detection. Plasma viremia was detectable in 9 patients, whereas HIV-1 DNA was detectable in all 10 patients, indicating that HIV-1 had not been eliminated.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23493152 PMCID: PMC3699958 DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31828e6163
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr ISSN: 1525-4135 Impact factor: 3.731