| Literature DB >> 29099677 |
Adam M Spivak1, Vicente Planelles2.
Abstract
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has rendered HIV-1 infection a treatable illness; however, ART is not curative owing to the persistence of replication-competent, latent proviruses in long-lived resting T cells. Strategies that target these latently infected cells and allow immune recognition and clearance of this reservoir will be necessary to eradicate HIV-1 in infected individuals. This review describes current pharmacologic approaches to reactivate the latent reservoir so that infected cells can be recognized and targeted, with the ultimate goal of achieving an HIV-1 cure.Entities:
Keywords: HIV-1 reservoir; NF-κB; SMAC; STAT5; benzotriazole; disulfiram; ingenol; latency reversal agents; protein kinase C; shock and kill; viral latency
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29099677 PMCID: PMC5892446 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-med-052716-031710
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Annu Rev Med ISSN: 0066-4219 Impact factor: 13.739