Abstract
Although it is presumed that the integration of HIV-1 into the genome of infected CD4+T lymphocytes allows viral persistence, there has been little direct evidence that CD4+T cells with integrated provirus function as a latent reservoir for HIV-1 in infected individuals. Using resting CD4+T-cell populations of extremely high purity and a novel assay that selectively and unambiguously detects integrated HIV-1, we show that resting CD4+T cells harbouring integrated provirus are present in some infected individuals. However, these cells do not accumulate within the circulating pool of resting CD4+T cells in the early stages of HIV-1 infection and do not accumulate even after prolonged periods in long-term survivors of HIV-1 infection. These results suggest that because of viral cytopathic effects and/or host effector mechanisms, productively infected CD4+T cells do not generally survive for long enough to revert to a resting memory state in vivo.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1284-1290 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Nature medicine |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1995 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology