期刊
CURRENT OPINION IN HIV AND AIDS
卷 8, 期 2, 页码 106-110出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0b013e32835d811b
关键词
cytometry via time of flight; digital PCR; droplet digital PCR; eradication; HIV DNA; HIV latency; microengraving; single-cell analysis
资金
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- (Center for AIDS Research) from the National Institutes of Health [AI080193, AI69432, AI047745, AI74621, AI306214]
- [Collaboratory for AIDS Research on Eradication (CARE)] from the National Institutes of Health [AI096113]
Purpose of review Measurements of HIV burden have relied upon quantification of viral nucleic acids by real-time PCR (qPCR). To develop and test strategies for eradication, new methods are needed to better characterize residual cellular reservoirs in patients on suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART). This review summarizes recent advances that may lead to clinically useful tests with improved sensitivity, reproducibility and throughput. Recent findings HIV DNA remains the most sensitive measure of residual infection, but its low levels are difficult to differentiate from assay noise by qPCR. Digital PCR has begun to improve the precision of existing real-time assays, but there remains a need to distinguish replication-competent proviruses. Rapid technological progress in single-cell analysis is beginning to offer new approaches, notably CyTOF and microengraving, which could provide vastly more information about the composition of the latent reservoir. Summary To investigate and assess therapies directed towards eradication, improved assays that simultaneously offer high sensitivity, precision and information content will be needed.
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