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Immune dysregulation in human immunodeficiency virus infection: know it, fix it, prevent it?
Author(s) -
Boasso A.,
Shearer G. M.,
Chougnet C.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2008.02043.x
Subject(s) - medicine , immunology , immune system , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunodeficiency , immune dysregulation , immunopathology , pathogenesis , virus , immune dysfunction , virology
. Infection of humans by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes a progressive, multifactorial impairment of the immune system eventually leading to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). No cure or vaccine exists yet against HIV infection. More worrisome is the fact that despite having identified HIV as the cause of the AIDS, we still do not understand what pathogenic mechanisms lead to the debacle of the immune system. In this review we consider the extent and the limits of our knowledge of HIV pathogenesis, and how this knowledge may be used to design preventive and therapeutic approaches.