PD-1 blockade potentiates HIV latency reversal ex vivo in CD4+ T cells from ART-suppressed individuals

The immune checkpoint molecule PD-1 is expressed on a fraction of CD4+ T cells latently infected with HIV, but whether PD-1 plays a functional role in reservoir persistence remains unknown. Here, Fromentin et al. show that PD-1 blockade potentiates latency reversal ex vivo in CD4+ T cells from ART s...

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Main Authors: Rémi Fromentin, Sandrina DaFonseca, Cecilia T. Costiniuk, Mohamed El-Far, Francesco Andrea Procopio, Frederick M. Hecht, Rebecca Hoh, Steven G. Deeks, Daria J. Hazuda, Sharon R. Lewin, Jean-Pierre Routy, Rafick-Pierre Sékaly, Nicolas Chomont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08798-7