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Advances in HIV therapeutics and cure strategies: findings obtained through non-human primate studies

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the main contributor of the ongoing AIDS epidemic, remains one of the most challenging and complex viruses to target and eradicate due to frequent genome mutation and immune evasion. Despite the development of potent antiretroviral therapies, HIV remains an incurable infection as the virus persists in latent reservoirs throughout the body. To innovate a safe and effective cure strategy for HIV in humans, animal models are needed to better understand viral proliferation, disease progression, and therapeutic response. Nonhuman primates infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) provide an ideal model to study HIV infection and pathogenesis as they are closely related to humans genetically and express phenotypically similar immune systems. Examining the clinical outcomes of novel treatment strategies within nonhuman primates facilitates our understanding of HIV latency and advances the development of a true cure to HIV.

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NHP studies in the MacLean Lab are currently supported by R21-MH113517, R01-HL152804, R01-NS104016, R21-MH125716, U42OD024282, U42OD010568, and the TNPRC base grant P51-OD11104.

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Correspondence to Andrew G. MacLean.

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Van Zandt, A.R., MacLean, A.G. Advances in HIV therapeutics and cure strategies: findings obtained through non-human primate studies. J. Neurovirol. 29, 389–399 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13365-023-01162-y

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