Rapporteur Report – Track A Basic and Translational Sciences Mathias Lichterfeld, M. D., Ph. D. Associate Professor of Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School no relevant conflicts of interest or other disclosures
The number of identical HIV-DNA sequence expansions increases over time in peripheral blood Lee/Palmer et al, Abstract MOAA0105
Defective proviruses can encode for HIV-1 protein Imamichi/Lane et al, Abstract MOPDA0102
HIV-specific CD8+ T cells in early treated subjects are more functionally competent Untreated IFN-gamma CD8 Tetramer Nkosi/Ndhlovu et al, Abstract TUAA0101
hetIL-15 Treatment Increases SIV-specific T Cells Within the Lymph Nodes CD8 CM9 Tetramer+ Untreated hetIL-15 0.3 2.5 CD3+ T lymphocytes in LN Tetramer+ Granzyme B Ki67 Expansion Cytotoxic Potential Valentin/Pavlakis et al, Abstract TUPDA0103
hetIL-15 Treatment Increases SIV-specific T Cells Within the Lymph Nodes germinal center Pre-ALT803 Post-ALT803 Webb/Sacha et al, Abstract TUPDA0104
Plasma viremia in SIV-infected NHP after treatment with ART and a4/b7 antibodies or control Fauci et al, Presentation MOSS0102
Viral control following a4b7 antibody infusion is Likely mediated by cellular immune responses Fauci et al, Presentation MOSS0102
Prolonged HIV-1 control after perinatal infection “The South African Baby” HIV-1 DNA detectable at 32 days of life Initiated AZT/3TC/LPV/r at 8.5 weeks of life Interrupted ART after 40 weeks 3-monthly f/u Undetectable VL after 8.75 years off ART on stored and current specimens No protective HLA class I alleles Weak HIV-specific T/B cell responses 5 HIV DNA copies/ million CD4 T cells VOA negative x2 Violari/Tiemessen et al, Abstract TUPDB0106LB
Delayed viral rebound after treatment during hyperacute HIV-1 infection Participant A: Underwent ATI after 34 months of ART Latent reservoir size ≈200 cells prior to ATI ≈1% of individuals with a similar HIV burden may achieve lifelong ART-free remission Henrich/Deeks et al, Abstract TUPDB0103
Effects of therapeutic vaccination in ART-treated HIV patients on viral rebound kinetics Fauci et al, Presentation MOSS0102
Therapeutic vaccination has no effect on viral rebound kinetics or viral reservoir markers Fauci et al, Presentation MOSS0102
Viral reservoir biomarkers represent predictors of viral rebound kinetics Fauci et al, Presentation MOSS0102
Many thanks! Nancie Archin, PhD Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Anni Winckelman, MD Univ of Aarhus, Denmark Caroline Pereira Bittencourt Passes, PhD Institute Pasteur, Paris