Abstract
Identifying cellular reservoirs of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is critical to finding a cure for HIV-1. In addition to resting CD4 + T cells, CD34 + hematopoietic progenitor cells have been proposed as another reservoir. We obtained bone marrow aspirates from 11 patients on ART who had undetectable plasma HIV-1 RNA. HIV-1 DNA was detected in CD4 + T cells from peripheral blood in all patients and from bone marrow cellular fractions containing T cells in most patients. We did not find HIV-1 DNA in highly purified CD34 + populations using either a sensitive real-time polymerase chain reaction assay or a coculture assay for replication-competent HIV-1.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1014-1018 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 205 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 15 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Infectious Diseases