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ArticleJournal of virus eradication2018

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Paradise Madlala, Paulien Van de Velde, Barbara Van Remoortel, Sofie Vets, Eric Van Wijngaerden, Kristel Van Laethem, Rik Gijsbers, Rik Schrijvers, Zeger Debyser

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Article in Journal of virus eradication, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Paradise Madlala
Paulien Van de VeldeHIV Pathogenesis Program, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Barbara Van RemoortelMolecular Virology and Gene Therapy, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Sofie VetsMolecular Virology and Gene Therapy, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Eric Van WijngaerdenLaboratory for Clinical Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Kristel Van LaethemLaboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Rik GijsbersLaboratory of Clinical Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Rik SchrijversLaboratory of Clinical Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Zeger DebyserMolecular Virology and Gene Therapy, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesElite controllers (EC) are a rare group of individuals living with HIV-1 who naturally control HIV-1 replication to levels below the limit of detection without antiretroviral therapy (ART) and rarely progress to AIDS. The mechanisms contributing to this control remain incompletely elucidated. In the present study, we have assessed whether cellular host factors could modulate HIV-1 replication post-entry in a controller-discordant couple living with HIV-1.

methodsCD4 T cells from a controller-discordant couple, one partner being an EC and the other an HIV-1 progressor (PR), and healthy controls (HC) were isolated, activated and infected with VSV-G pseudotyped yellow fluorescent protein-encoding single-round HIV-1 virus (HIV-YFP). Viral reverse transcripts, 2-LTR circles and integrated proviral HIV-1 DNA were monitored by quantitative PCR (qPCR) and integration sites were analysed. We further measured LEDGF/p75 and p21 mRNA expression levels by qPCR.

resultsInfection of activated CD4 T cells with HIV-YFP was reduced in EC compared with the PR partner, and HC. Evaluation of viral DNA forms suggested a block after entry and during the early steps of HIV-1 reverse transcription in EC. The integration site distribution pattern in EC, PR and HC was similar. The p21 expression in CD4 T cells of EC was elevated compared with the PR or HC, in line with previous work.

conclusionsOur study suggests a reduced permissiveness to HIV-1 infection of CD4 T cells from EC due to a block of HIV-1 replication after entry and before integration that might contribute to the EC phenotype in our patient.

Indexed as

HIV, elite controllers, HIV eradication, integration

Identifiers

PMID30050679
PMCPMC6038135
OpenAlexW3021210367

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