Mechanistic basis of post-treatment control of SIV after anti-α4β7 antibody therapy
Wells CR, Cao Y, Durham DP, Byrareddy SN, Ansari AA, Ruddle NH, Townsend JP, Galvani AP, Perelson AS. Mechanistic basis of post-treatment control of SIV after anti-α4β7 antibody therapy. PLOS Computational Biology 2021, 17: e1009031. PMID: 34106916, PMCID: PMC8189501, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination antiretroviral therapyViral loadPost-treatment controlAnti-α4β7 antibodyViral remissionAntibody treatmentViral controlCombinations of cARTImmune effector cell responsesPost-treatment viral controlSIV RNA copies/Depletion of CD8Ongoing immune responseEarly SIV infectionRNA copies/Stable viral loadEffector cell responsesViral load dataDifferent viral loadsAbsence of treatmentSubset of animalsNonhuman primate experimentsDifferent primary mechanismsLongitudinal viral load dataCART cessation