[HTML][HTML] Towards HIV-1 remission: potential roles for broadly neutralizing antibodies

A Halper-Stromberg… - The Journal of clinical …, 2016 - Am Soc Clin Investig
A Halper-Stromberg, MC Nussenzweig
The Journal of clinical investigation, 2016Am Soc Clin Investig
Current antiretroviral drug therapies do not cure HIV-1 because they do not eliminate a pool
of long-lived cells harboring immunologically silent but replication-competent proviruses—
termed the latent reservoir. Eliminating this reservoir and stimulating the immune response
to control infection in the absence of therapy remain important but unsolved goals of HIV-1
cure research. Recently discovered broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) exhibit
remarkable breadth and potency in their ability to neutralize HIV-1 in vitro, and recent …
Current antiretroviral drug therapies do not cure HIV-1 because they do not eliminate a pool of long-lived cells harboring immunologically silent but replication-competent proviruses — termed the latent reservoir. Eliminating this reservoir and stimulating the immune response to control infection in the absence of therapy remain important but unsolved goals of HIV-1 cure research. Recently discovered broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) exhibit remarkable breadth and potency in their ability to neutralize HIV-1 in vitro, and recent studies have demonstrated new therapeutic applications for passively administered bNAbs in vivo. This Review discusses the roles bNAbs might play in HIV-1 treatment regimens, including prevention, therapy, and cure.
The Journal of Clinical Investigation