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New Therapeutic Approaches Aimed at Eliminating Persistent HIV Reservoirs in Infected Individuals Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy. Tae-Wook Chun, Ph.D. Laboratory of Immunoregulation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health
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New Therapeutic Approaches Aimed at Eliminating Persistent HIV Reservoirs in Infected Individuals Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy Tae-Wook Chun, Ph.D. Laboratory of Immunoregulation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services
Potential Strategies for Eradication of HIV Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy Use of virus “purging” agents Addition of newer classes of drugs Use of immune-modulating agents Use of HIV-specific killing agent
Potential Strategies for Eradication of HIV Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy Use of virus “purging” agents Addition of newer classes of drugs Use of immune-modulating agents Use of HIV-specific killing agent
Potential Strategies for Eradication of HIV Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy Use of virus “purging” agents Addition of newer classes of drugs Use of immune-modulating agents Use of HIV-specific killing agent
Potential Strategies for Eradication of HIV Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy Use of virus “purging” agents Addition of newer classes of drugs Use of immune-modulating agents Use of HIV-specific killing agent
Potential Strategies for Eradication of HIV Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy Use of virus “purging” agents Addition of newer classes of drugs Use of immune-modulating agents Use of HIV-specific killing agent
Persistence of HIV in Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue despite Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy Tae Persistence of HIV in Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue despite Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy Chun et al.
Effect of Raltegravir Intensification on Immunologic and Virologic Parameters of HIV-Infected, Aviremic Individuals Buzon et al., Nature Medicine, 16 (4): 460-5, 2010
Changes in Levels of Cell-Associated Unspliced HIV RNA in Infected Individuals who Underwent Intensification of ART Yukl et al., personal communication