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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
卷 133, 期 17, 页码 -出版社
AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/JCI171554
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HIV-1 persists in a latent reservoir in resting CD4+ T cells despite antiretroviral therapy. While the reservoir slowly decays over the first 7 years of ART, this decay does not continue with long-term ART. Proliferation of infected cells counteracts the decrease, maintaining the frequency of inducible, replication-competent proviruses at roughly constant levels over the long term. These findings emphasize the need for lifelong ART.
HIV-1 persists in a latent reservoir in resting CD4+ T cells despite antiretroviral therapy (ART). The reservoir decays slowly over the first 7 years of ART (t1/2 = 44 months). However, whether decay continues with long-term ART is unclear. Recent integration site studies indicate gradual selection against inducible, intact proviruses, raising speculation that decades of ART might allow treatment interruption without viral rebound. Therefore, we measured the reservoir in 42 people on long-term ART (mean 22 years) using a quantitative viral outgrowth assay. After 7 years of ART, there was no long-term decrease in the frequency of inducible, replication-competent proviruses but rather an increase with an estimated doubling time of 23 years. Another reservoir assay, the intact proviral DNA assay, confirmed that reservoir decay with t1/2 of 44 months did not continue with long-term ART. The lack of decay reflected proliferation of infected cells. Most inducible, replication-competent viruses (79.8%) had env sequences identical to those of other isolates from the same sample. Thus, although integration site analysis indicates changes in reservoir composition, the proliferation of CD4+ T cells counteracts decay, maintaining the frequency of inducible, replication-competent proviruses at roughly constant levels over the long term. These results reinforce the need for lifelong ART.
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