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Defective HIV-1 Proviruses Are Expressed and Can Be Recognized by Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, which Shape the Proviral Landscape.
Cell host & microbe - 12 Apr 2017
Pollack Ross A, Jones R Brad, Pertea Mihaela, Bruner Katherine M, Martin Alyssa R, Thomas Allison S, Capoferri Adam A, Beg Subul A, Huang Szu-Han, Karandish Sara, Hao Haiping, Halper-Stromberg Eitan, Yong Patrick C, Kovacs Colin, Benko Erika, Siliciano Robert F, Ho Ya-Chi
Abstract excerpt
Despite antiretroviral therapy, HIV-1 persists in memory CD4+ T cells, creating a barrier to cure. The majority of HIV-1 proviruses are defective and considered clinically irrelevant. Using cells from HIV-1-infected individuals and reconstructed patient-derived defective proviruses, we show that defective proviruses can be transcribed into RNAs that are spliced and translated. Proviruses with defective major...
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