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Insights Into The Hiv Latency And The Role Of Cytokines., Joseph Hokello, Adhikarimayum Lakhikumar Sharma, Manjari Dimri, Mudit Tyagi
Insights Into The Hiv Latency And The Role Of Cytokines., Joseph Hokello, Adhikarimayum Lakhikumar Sharma, Manjari Dimri, Mudit Tyagi
Center for Translational Medicine Faculty Papers
Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) has the ability to infect latently at the level of individual CD4+ cells. Latent HIV-1 proviruses are transcriptionally silent and immunologically inert, but are still capable of reactivating productive lytic infection following cellular activation. These latent viruses are the main obstacle in the eradication of HIV-1, because current HIV-1 treatment regimens are ineffective against them. Normal immunological response against an antigen activates CD4+ naïve T cells. The activated CD4+ naïve T cells undergo cell cycle, resulting in further transformation and profound proliferation to form effector CD4+ T-cells. Notably, in HIV-1 infected individuals, some of the effector …