Continued Decay of HIV Proviral DNA Upon Vaccination With HIV-1 Tat of Subjects on Long-Term ART: An 8-Year Follow-Up Study

Continued Decay of HIV Proviral DNA Upon Vaccination With HIV-1 Tat of Subjects on Long-Term ART: An 8-Year Follow-Up Study

Introduction: Tat, a key HIV virulence protein, has been targeted for the development of a therapeutic vaccine aimed at cART intensification. Results from phase II clinical trials in Italy (ISS T-002) and South Africa (ISS T-003) indicated that Tat vaccination promotes increases of CD4+ T-cells and...

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Main Authors: Cecilia Sgadari, Paolo Monini, Antonella Tripiciano, Orietta Picconi, Anna Casabianca, Chiara Orlandi, Sonia Moretti, Vittorio Francavilla, Angela Arancio, Giovanni Paniccia, Massimo Campagna, Stefania Bellino, Marianna Meschiari, Silvia Nozza, Laura Sighinolfi, Alessandra Latini, Antonio Muscatello, Annalisa Saracino, Massimo Di Pietro, Massimo Galli, Aurelio Cafaro, Mauro Magnani, Fabrizio Ensoli, Barbara Ensoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
HIV therapeutic vaccine
Tat
cART
anti-Tat antibodies
CD4+ T cells
CD4+/CD8+ T-cell ratio
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2019.00233/full

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