Cardiovascular complications of HIV: an overview of risk and a novel approach to prevention - the HIV polypill study.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We describe recent mobile health (mHealth) interventions supporting antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication adherence among HIV-positive MSM. RECENT FINDINGS:Keyword searches (1 January 2016-13 May 2017) identified 721 citations. Seven publications reporting on six studies met inclusion criteria. Fiv...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Muessig KE,LeGrand S,Horvath KJ,Bauermeister JA,Hightow-Weidman LB

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The epidemiology of HIV epidemics provides the roadmap for prioritization of programmes and serves over time to evaluate broadly the successes and challenges in prevention. The purpose of this review was to summarize recent information about the epidemiology of HIV in high-income countries with concen...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Sullivan PS,Jones JS,Baral SD

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this article is to describe progress in research and development of vaccines to prevent HIV/AIDS, emphasizing clinical trials and human studies published during the past year. RECENT FINDINGS:Clinical trial design depends, in large part, on whether vaccines are expected to provide protecti...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Fast PE

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Highly active antiretroviral therapy has markedly reduced HIV morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries. Expanded access to the 6.5 million individuals in immediate need of antiretroviral therapy using a public-health-systems approach is now promulgated as an international policy. An approxi...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Bekker LG,Egger M,Wood R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Significant gastrointestinal pathology occurs in progressive HIV and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infections. This review will examine the relationship between the detrimental events to the gastrointestinal tract during the acute phase of infection and disease progression through the chronic ph...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Brenchley JM,Douek DC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The review addresses the role of dolutegravir (DTG) in first-line therapy. In the era of test and treat, where United Nations AIDS Program and WHO have set the ambitious targets of 90/90/90, new efficacious, well tolerated, and simple therapeutic options are needed. RECENT FINDINGS:DTG has been teste...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Cahn P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Botswana, a small country in southern Africa, has had a very high prevalence of HIV since about 1995. It seems important to analyze the response of this country to help us understand how it became one of the first nations to achieve the 90-90-90 targets. RECENT FINDINGS:Botswana began a national prog...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Essex M,Makhema J,Lockman S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review provides international insights into the real-world clinical approach to screening for bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoporosis in people living with HIV (PLWH) using opinions from HIV physicians from key regions around the world. RECENT FINDINGS:Although a significant proportion of PL...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Alvarez E,Belloso WH,Boyd MA,Inkaya AÇ,Hsieh E,Kambugu A,Kaminski G,Martinez E,Stellbrink HJ,Walmsley S,Brown TT,Mallon PW

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Differential rates of disease progression are obviously multifactorial, but the virulence of the actual infecting virus is most frequently ignored as potential source of slow or rapid disease progression. In this review, the argument will be made that nearly all elite suppressors are infected by weak ...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Lobritz MA,Lassen KG,Arts EJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Natural killer (NK) cells promote antiviral immunity by producing proinflammatory cytokines and by lysing infected cells. In addition, NK cells can modulate dendritic cell functions. NK-dendritic cell crosstalk results in activation of both cell types, with dendritic cells promoting NK-cell activity a...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Gougeon ML,Bras M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:A major focus in HIV vaccine research is the development of suitable antigens that elicit broadly neutralizing antibody responses targeting HIV's envelope protein (Env). Delivery of Env in a repetitive manner on particle-based carriers allows higher avidity interactions and is therefore expected to ef...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Asbach B,Wagner R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:HIV-infected individuals have improved access to antiretroviral therapy. This has resulted in a shift in causes of mortality from infectious diseases to noncommunicable diseases including cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and malignancies. This review will look at the epidemiologica...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Mayne ES,George JA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Modern interferon (IFN)-free, and potentially also ribavirin-free, combinations consisting of two or three direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) are highly efficacious in treating chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with treatment durations being much shorter and with much more favorable toxicity prof...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Boesecke C,Page E

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article discusses the interaction between HIV infection, the gut microbiome, inflammation and immune activation, and HIV reservoirs, along with interventions to target the microbiome and their implications for HIV remission and cure. RECENT FINDINGS:Most studies show that HIV-infected adults hav...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Koay WLA,Siems LV,Persaud D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The intricate balance between positive and negative signals delivered by accessory molecules is crucial to generate efficient immune responses while maintaining tolerance and preventing autoimmunity. Of these molecules, programmed death 1 has been described as a negative regulator of T-cell activation...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Trautmann L,Said EA,Halwani R,Janbazian L,Chomont N,El-Far M,Breton G,Haddad EK,Sekaly RP

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Knowledge of HIV status is the gateway to HIV treatment and prevention, and optimizing this pillar is essential to bend the curve of the HIV epidemic toward zero new infections. This review will discuss the epidemiology of serostatus awareness, including disparities among key populations, and explore ...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Thompson M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Early studies have cast doubt on the utility of animal models for predicting success or failure of HIV-prevention strategies, but results of multiple human phase 3 microbicide trials, and interrogations into the discrepancies between human and animal model trials, indicate that animal models were, and...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Veazey RS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Although designed to target only the HIV protease, HIV protease inhibitors induce toxicities in patients such as insulin resistance and lipodystrophy that suggest that protease inhibitors have other targets in mammalian cells. Akt controls insulin signaling and is an important target in cancer, but no...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Bernstein WB,Dennis PA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Adolescents with HIV include both those infected perinatally and behaviourally. This population is confronted by normative challenges and HIV stressors as they move towards becoming increasingly independent adults. This review focuses on mental health and substance use in adolescents with HIV. These a...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Evangeli M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this article is to review the most recent literature regarding the immunopathogenesis of pathogen-associated immune reconstitution disease and to discuss the role of immune activation and various effector molecules and cells such as macrophages, effector and regulatory T cells, and natural ...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Kestens L,Seddiki N,Bohjanen PR

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:RNA interference is a type of nucleic-acid-based immunity used by cells to restrict transposons, transgenes and viruses. The RNA interference machinery targets long double-stranded RNAs to produce short RNAs that arm cellular ribonucleases to degrade foreign RNAs in a sequence-specific manner. Despite...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Bennasser Y,Yeung ML,Benkirane M,Jeang KT

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) is one of the most important contributing factors to positive clinical outcomes in patients with HIV, and long-term retention of patients in low-income and middle-income countries is emerging as an important issue in rapidly expanding cART program...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Nachega JB,Mills EJ,Schechter M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To highlight promising areas of research and preview future generations of microbicides, this review will focus on reports that described new cellular or viral targets, drug substances, or strategies that are specifically intended for topical microbicides. Those reports that dealt with the design, dis...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Zydowsky TM

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Nonhuman primate (NHP) models of AIDS are powerful systems for evaluating HIV vaccine approaches in vivo. Authentic features of HIV-1 transmission, dissemination, target cell tropism, and pathogenesis, and aspects of anti-HIV-1 immune responses, can be recapitulated in NHPs provided the appropriate, s...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Del Prete GQ,Lifson JD,Keele BF

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose is to review recent insights into the impact of HIV-associated immune activation on AIDS and non-AIDS morbidity and mortality. RECENT FINDINGS:Immune activation has long been recognized as an important consequence of untreated HIV infection and predictor of AIDS progression, which decline...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Utay NS,Hunt PW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The detrimental synergy of colliding HIV and tuberculosis (TB) epidemics is most devastating among children and adolescents living with HIV (CALWH) who shoulder a disproportionate burden of all child TB mortality. RECENT FINDINGS:CALWH benefit less from Bacille-Calmette Guerin vaccination than HIV-un...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Kay A,Garcia-Prats AJ,Mandalakas AM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Deep sequencing of the V3 region of the HIV envelope gene can detect minority non-R5 variants in patients with high sensitivity and specificity. As next-generation sequencing approaches have matured, the clinical utility of deep sequencing for HIV tropism has entered the clinic. Accurate and sensitive...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Swenson LC,Däumer M,Paredes R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review provides an update of recent data on the development of HIV-1 drug resistance during treatment and its transmission in sub-Saharan Africa after the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART). RECENT FINDINGS:Evidence is accumulating of a rising prevalence of transmitted HIV drug resistance ...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Hamers RL,Sigaloff KC,Kityo C,Mugyenyi P,de Wit TF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Evidence-based strategies are needed to address the growing complexity of care of those ageing with HIV so that as life expectancy is extended, quality of life is also enhanced. RECENT FINDINGS:Modifiable contributing factors to the quantity and quality of life in adults ageing with HIV include: burd...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Althoff KN,Smit M,Reiss P,Justice AC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Acute and early HIV (AHI) is a pivotal time during HIV infection, yet there remain major shortfalls in diagnosis, linkage to care, and antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation during AHI. We introduce an AHI-specific cascade, review recent evidence pertaining to the unique challenges of AHI, and discus...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Rutstein SE,Sellers CJ,Ananworanich J,Cohen MS

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00