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ArticleViruses2013

Is a pacific coexistence between virus and host the unexploited path that may lead to an HIV functional cure?

Jonathan Fior

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Article in Viruses, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Jonathan FiorImmunobiology of HIV Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Stamira D'Ancona 20, 20127 Milan, Italy. jonathan.fior82@gmail.com

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SupT1 cell line supports optimal HIV-1 replication, and prolonged in vitro replication in SupT1 cells renders the virus significantly less virulent. This raises the question of whether the infusion of SupT1 cells could be used as a cell-based therapy to induce a pacific coexistence between the HIV virus and its human host. In a recent study, I investigated this potential therapeutic strategy in vitro. The results suggested that this approach should be further explored in HIV-susceptible animal models. Such studies may lead to the development of a functional cure for HIV infection.

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Virus ReplicationCell LineHIV-1HIV InfectionsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumans

Identifiers

PMID23430684
PMCPMC3640524

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