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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6629
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-28
pubmed:abstractText
The capacity of HIV-1 to establish latent infection of CD4+ T cells may allow viral persistence despite immune responses and antiretroviral therapy. Measurements of infectious virus and viral RNA in plasma and of infectious virus, viral DNA and viral messenger RNA species in infected cells all suggest that HIV-1 replication continues throughout the course of infection. Uncertainty remains over what fraction of CD4+ T cells are infected and whether there are latent reservoirs for the virus. We show here that during the asymptomatic phase of infection there is an extremely low total body load of latently infected resting CD4+ T cells with replication-competent integrated provirus (<10(7) cells). The most prevalent form of HIV-1 DNA in resting and activated CD4+ T cells is a full-length, linear, unintegrated form that is not replication competent. The infection progresses even though at any given time in the lymphoid tissues integrated HIV-1 DNA is present in only a minute fraction of the susceptible populations, including resting and activated CD4+ T cells and macrophages.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
387
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
183-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Anti-HIV Agents, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Antigens, CD45, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Immunologic Memory, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Lymph Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Proviruses, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Viral Load, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Virus Integration, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Virus Latency, pubmed-meshheading:9144289-Virus Replication
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantification of latent tissue reservoirs and total body viral load in HIV-1 infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't