Comparative analysis and generation of a robust HIV-1 DNA quantification assay
| Autor: | Thomas, Jordan, Ruggiero, Allesandra, Procopio, Fransesco, Pantaleo, Guiseppe, Paxton, A William, Pollakis, Georgios |
|---|---|
| Přispěvatelé: | Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, AII - Infectious diseases |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
DNA quantification Genetic Variation HIV Infections Viral Load Polymerase Chain Reaction Cell Line DNA Viral CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/virology DNA Viral/analysis DNA Viral/genetics HIV Infections/virology HIV Long Terminal Repeat/genetics HIV-1/genetics HIV-1/isolation & purification Humans Viral Load/methods Cure HIV-1 Reservoir Therapeutic vaccines HIV Long Terminal Repeat |
| Zdroj: | Journal of virological methods, vol. 263, pp. 24-31 Journal of virological methods, 263, 24-31. Elsevier Journal of Virological Methods |
| ISSN: | 0166-0934 |
| Popis: | HIV-1 infection cannot be cured due to the presence of the latent reservoir (LR). Novel cure or treatment strategies, such as "shock and kill" or therapeutic vaccination, aim to reduce or eradicate the LR. Cure strategies utilise robust DNA quantification assays to measure the change in the LR in low copy scenarios. No standard assay exists, which impedes the reliable comparison of results from different therapy and vaccine trials and HIV-1 total DNA quantification methods have not been previously compared. The HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR) has been shown to be the best target for DNA quantification. We have analysed two HIV-1 quantification assays, both able to differentiate between the variant HIV-1 DNA forms via the use of pre-amplification and primers targeting LTR. We identify a strong correlation (r=0.9759, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Full Text from ScienceDirect