Table 1: Summary of some cellular and anatomical reservoir sites of latent HIV-1.
S/NO. | Cellular Reservoir | Anatomical Reservoir | References |
1. | CD4+ T cells | Brain and *CNS | Okoye, Picker [4]; Petito [19]; Alexaki, et al. [18]; Falangola, Petito [20], |
2. | *TFH cells | Sex gonads | Perreau, et al. [21]; Moukambi, et al. [22]; Politch, et al. [23]; Matusali, et al. [24], |
3. | CD8+ T cells | Spleen | Eller, et al. [25]; Mercure, et al. [26]; Nolan, et al. [27]; Fletcher, et al. [28], |
4. | *TREG | Lymph nodes | Estes, et al. [29]; Kleinman, et al. [30]; Tirumalasetti, Latha [31]; Bogoch, et al. [32]; Cainelli, et al. [33], |
5. | *TSCM, TCM, TTM | Thymus | Tabler, et al. [34]; Zhu, et al. [35]; Sallusto, et al. [36]; Courgnaud, et al. [37]; Kolte [38], |
6. | Macrophages | *GALT/GIT | Koppensteiner, et al. [39]; Moir, et al. [40]; Nkuize, et al. [41]; Kotler [42], |
7. | *FDCs | Genital tracts and fluids | Burton, et al. [43]; Heesters, et al. [44]; Coombs, et al. [45], |
8. | NK cells | Lungs | Mikulak, et al. [46]; Leal, et al. [47]; Grommes, et al. [48]; Almodovar, et al. [49], |
9. | Monocytes | Adipose tissue | Avettand-Fènoël, et al. [50]; Lambotte, et al. [51]; Couturier, et al. [52]; Damouche, et al. [53]; Hazan, et al. [54]. |
*TSCM-stem cell memory T cell; TCM-central memory T cell; TTM-transitional memory T cell; CNS-central nervous system; GALT-gut associated lymphoid tissue;
GIT-gastrointestinal tract;FDCs- Follicular dendritic cells; NK-natural killer cells; TFH-follicular helper T cells; TREG-regulatory T cells.