Pro-inflammatory feedback loops define immune responses to pathogenic Lentivirus infection.
Aaron J WilkJoshua O MarceauSamuel W KazerIra FlemingVincent N MiaoJennyfer Galvez-ReyesJason T KimataAlex K ShalekSusan HolmesJulie OverbaughCatherine A BlishPublished in: Genome medicine (2024)
Our work presents a model of lentiviral pathogenicity where failures in early viral control mechanisms lead to delayed, sustained, and amplifying pro-inflammatory circuits, which in turn drives disease progression.