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Replication-competent noninduced proviruses in the latent reservoir increase barrier to HIV-1 cure.
Cell - 24 Oct 2013
Ho Ya-Chi, Shan Liang, Hosmane Nina N, Wang Jeffrey, Laskey Sarah B, Rosenbloom Daniel I S, Lai Jun, Blankson Joel N, Siliciano Janet D, Siliciano Robert F
Abstract excerpt
Antiretroviral therapy fails to cure HIV-1 infection because latent proviruses persist in resting CD4(+) T cells. T cell activation reverses latency, but <1% of proviruses are induced to release infectious virus after maximum in vitro activation. The noninduced proviruses are generally considered defective but have not been characterized. Analysis of 213 noninduced proviral clones from treated patients showed...
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