Anti-proliferative therapy for HIV cure: a compound interest approach
Abstract In the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-1 infection is no longer tantamount to early death. Yet the benefits of treatment are available only to those who can access, afford, and tolerate taking daily pills. True cure is challenged by HIV latency, the ability of chromosomally integra...
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oai:doaj.org-article:3bd56a0f58ac4f5799ab988ad7daaffa2021-12-02T15:05:07ZAnti-proliferative therapy for HIV cure: a compound interest approach10.1038/s41598-017-04160-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/3bd56a0f58ac4f5799ab988ad7daaffa2017-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04160-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract In the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-1 infection is no longer tantamount to early death. Yet the benefits of treatment are available only to those who can access, afford, and tolerate taking daily pills. True cure is challenged by HIV latency, the ability of chromosomally integrated virus to persist within memory CD4+ T cells in a non-replicative state and activate when ART is discontinued. Using a mathematical model of HIV dynamics, we demonstrate that treatment strategies offering modest but continual enhancement of reservoir clearance rates result in faster cure than abrupt, one-time reductions in reservoir size. We frame this concept in terms of compounding interest: small changes in interest rate drastically improve returns over time. On ART, latent cell proliferation rates are orders of magnitude larger than activation and new infection rates. Contingent on subtypes of cells that may make up the reservoir and their respective proliferation rates, our model predicts that coupling clinically available, anti-proliferative therapies with ART could result in functional cure within 2–10 years rather than several decades on ART alone.Daniel B. ReevesElizabeth R. DukeSean M. HughesMartin PrlicFlorian HladikJoshua T. SchifferNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017) |
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Abstract In the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-1 infection is no longer tantamount to early death. Yet the benefits of treatment are available only to those who can access, afford, and tolerate taking daily pills. True cure is challenged by HIV latency, the ability of chromosomally integrated virus to persist within memory CD4+ T cells in a non-replicative state and activate when ART is discontinued. Using a mathematical model of HIV dynamics, we demonstrate that treatment strategies offering modest but continual enhancement of reservoir clearance rates result in faster cure than abrupt, one-time reductions in reservoir size. We frame this concept in terms of compounding interest: small changes in interest rate drastically improve returns over time. On ART, latent cell proliferation rates are orders of magnitude larger than activation and new infection rates. Contingent on subtypes of cells that may make up the reservoir and their respective proliferation rates, our model predicts that coupling clinically available, anti-proliferative therapies with ART could result in functional cure within 2–10 years rather than several decades on ART alone. |
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Daniel B. Reeves Elizabeth R. Duke Sean M. Hughes Martin Prlic Florian Hladik Joshua T. Schiffer |
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Daniel B. Reeves Elizabeth R. Duke Sean M. Hughes Martin Prlic Florian Hladik Joshua T. Schiffer |
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Anti-proliferative therapy for HIV cure: a compound interest approach |
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Anti-proliferative therapy for HIV cure: a compound interest approach |
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Anti-proliferative therapy for HIV cure: a compound interest approach |
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Anti-proliferative therapy for HIV cure: a compound interest approach |
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Anti-proliferative therapy for HIV cure: a compound interest approach |
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anti-proliferative therapy for hiv cure: a compound interest approach |
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