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Trial reportHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2015

Multifarious immunotherapeutic approaches to cure HIV-1 infection.

Nesrina Imami, Anna A Herasimtschuk

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nesrina Imamia Department of Medicine ; Imperial College London ; London , UK.
Anna A Herasimtschuk
Imperial College London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0501957
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy in the context of treated HIV-1 infection aims to improve immune responses to achieve better control of the virus. To date, multifaceted immunotherapeutic approaches have been shown to reduce immune activation and increase CD4 T-lymphocyte counts, further to the effects of antiretroviral therapy alone, in addition to improving HIV-1-specific T-cell responses. While sterilizing cure of HIV-1 would involve elimination of all replication-competent virus, a functional cure in which the host has long-lasting control of viral replication may be more feasible. In this commentary, we discuss novel strategies aimed at targeting the latent viral reservoir with cure of HIV-1 infection being the ultimate goal, an achievement that would have considerable impact on worldwide HIV-1 infection.

Indexed as

Virus LatencyAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnti-Retroviral AgentsCombined Modality TherapyHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansImmunotherapyMiddle AgedYoung AdultAnti-Retroviral Agentsantiretroviral therapyfunctional cureHIV-1immunotherapyretroviral persistenceT-cell responsestherapeutic vaccines

Identifiers

PMID26048144
PMCPMC4635699
OpenAlexW1851985697

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