Last in first out: SIV proviruses seeded later in infection are harbored in short-lived CD4+ T cells
N. Sambaturu, E. J. Fray, F. Wu, C. Zitzmann, F. R. Simonetti, D. H. Barouch, J. D. Siliciano, R. F. Siliciano, R. M. Ribeiro, A. S. Perelson, C. Molina-Paris, T. Leitner
The paper models SIV provirus divergence in CD4+ T cells, finding that short-lived cells harbor more diverged virus, while long-lived cells contain less diverged virus, explaining contradictory prior results on reservoir timing.
bioRxiv · Nov 3, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology