Drugs that flush out HIV may impair killer T cells, possibly hindering HIV eradication
Friday, August 15, 2014 - 05:00
in Health & Medicine
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have shown promise in 'flushing out' HIV from latently infected cells, potentially exposing the reservoirs available for elimination by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), also called killer T cells. However, findings now suggest that treatment with HDAC inhibitors might suppress CTL activity and therefore compromise the 'kill' part of a two-pronged 'flush-and-kill' HIV eradication strategy.