Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-3-2021
Abstract
The central nervous system (CNS) is highly compartmentalized and serves as a specific site of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Therefore, an understanding of the cellular populations that are infected by HIV or that harbor latent HIV proviruses is imperative in the attempts to address cure strategies, taking into account that HIV infection and latency in the CNS may differ considerably from those in the periphery. HIV replication in the CNS is reported to persist despite prolonged combination antiretroviral therapy due to the inability of the current antiretroviral drugs to penetrate and cross the blood–brain barrier. Consequently, as a result of sustained HIV replication in the CNS even in the face of combination antiretroviral therapy, there is a high incidence of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). This article, therefore, provides a comprehensive review of HIV transcriptional regulation, latency, and therapy in the CNS.
Recommended Citation
Hokello, Joseph; Sharma, Adhikarimayum Lakhikumar; Tyagi, Priya; Bhushan, Alok; and Tyagi, Mudit, "Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1) Transcriptional Regulation, Latency and Therapy in the Central Nervous System" (2021). College of Pharmacy Faculty Papers. Paper 48.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/pharmacyfp/48
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PubMed ID
34835203
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author’s final published version in Vaccines, Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2021, Article number 1272.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111272. Copyright © Hokello et al.