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ArticleAutophagy2021

Lipophagy confers a key metabolic advantage that ensures protective CD8A T-cell responses against HIV-1.

Hamza Loucif, Xavier Dagenais-Lussier, Cherifa Beji, Léna Cassin, Hani Jrade, Roman Tellitchenko, Jean-Pierre Routy, David Olagnier, Julien van Grevenynghe

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Article in Autophagy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Hamza LoucifInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie.ORCID 0000-0002-2646-524X
Xavier Dagenais-LussierInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie.
Cherifa BejiInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie.
Léna CassinInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie.
Hani JradeThe Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research, Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Roman TellitchenkoInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie.
Jean-Pierre RoutyChronic Viral Illness Service and Division of Hematology, McGill University Health Centre, Glen Site, Montreal, QC, Canada.
David OlagnierDepartment of Biomedicine, Research Center for Innate Immunology, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark.
Julien van GrevenyngheInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie.
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique · CAAarhus University · DKMcGill University Health Centre · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although macroautophagy/autophagy has been proposed as a critical defense mechanism against HIV-1 by targeting viral components for degradation, its contribution as a catabolic process in providing optimal anti-HIV-1 immunity has never been addressed. The failure to restore proper antiviral CD8A/CD8 T-cell immunity, especially against HIV-1, is still the major limitation of current antiretroviral therapies. Consequently, it is of clinical imperative to provide new strategies to enhance the function of HIV-1-specific CD8A T-cells in patients under antiretroviral treatments (ART). Here, we investigated whether targeting autophagy activity could be an optional solution to make this possible. Our data show that, after both polyclonal and HIV-1-specific activation, CD8A T-cells from ART displayed reduced autophagy-dependent degradation of lysosomal contents when compared to naturally HIV-1 protected elite controllers (EC). We further confirmed in EC, by using specific

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AdultAnti-HIV AgentsAutophagyBeclin-1Case-Control StudiesCD8 AntigensCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHIV-1HIV InfectionsHIV Non-ProgressorsHumansInterleukin-21InterleukinsIn Vitro TechniquesLipid MetabolismLymphocyte ActivationAnti-HIV AgentsBeclin-1BECN1 protein, humanCD8 antigen, alpha chainCD8 AntigensInterleukin-21InterleukinsAntiretroviral therapyelite controllersFAOHIV-1IL21lipophagypolyfunctionality

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PMID33459125
PMCPMC8632342
OpenAlexW3122769775

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