T-cell exhaustion in HIV infection
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- 31 October 2019
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Immunological Reviews
- Vol. 292 (1), 149-163
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imr.12823
Abstract
The T-cell response is central in the adaptive immune-mediated elimination of pathogen-infected and/or cancer cells. This activated T-cell response can inflict an overwhelming degree of damage to the targeted cells, which in most instances leads to the control and elimination of foreign invaders. However, in conditions of chronic infection, persistent exposure of T cells to high levels of antigen results in a severe T-cell dysfunctional state called exhaustion. T-cell exhaustion leads to a suboptimal immune-mediated control of multiple viral infections including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In this review, we will discuss the role of T-cell exhaustion in HIV disease progression, the long-term defect of T-cell function even in aviremic patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART), the role of exhaustion-specific markers in maintaining a reservoir of latently infected cells, and exploiting these markers in HIV cure strategies.Keywords
Funding Information
- the Swiss Vaccine Research Institute (N/A)
- the Swiss National Fund (310030_179246)
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