PMID- 30925534 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200416 LR - 20200501 IS - 1746-6318 (Electronic) IS - 1746-630X (Print) IS - 1746-630X (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 3 DP - 2019 May TI - Clinical and evolutionary consequences of HIV adaptation to HLA: implications for vaccine and cure. PG - 194-204 LID - 10.1097/COH.0000000000000541 [doi] AB - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this review is to summarize recent advances in our understanding of HIV adaptation to human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-associated immune pressures and its relevance to HIV prevention and cure research. RECENT FINDINGS: Recent research has confirmed that HLA is a major driver of individual and population-level HIV evolution, that HIV strains are adapting to the immunogenetic profiles of the different human ethnic groups in which they circulate, and that HIV adaptation has substantial clinical and immunologic consequences. As such, adaptation represents a major challenge to HIV prevention and cure. At the same time, there are opportunities: Studies of HIV adaptation are revealing why certain HLA alleles are protective in some populations and not others; they are identifying immunogenic viral epitopes that harbor high mutational barriers to escape, and they may help illuminate novel, vaccine-relevant HIV epitopes in regions where circulating adaptation is extensive. Elucidation of HLA-driven adapted and nonadapted viral forms in different human populations and HIV subtypes also renders 'personalized' immunogen selection, as a component of HIV cure strategies, conceptually feasible. SUMMARY: Though adaptation represents a major challenge to HIV prevention and cure, achieving an in-depth understanding of this phenomenon can help move the design of such strategies forward. FAU - Avila-Rios, Santiago AU - Avila-Rios S AD - Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico. FAU - Carlson, Jonathan M AU - Carlson JM AD - Microsoft Research, Seattle, Washington, USA. FAU - John, Mina AU - John M AD - Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. FAU - Mallal, Simon AU - Mallal S AD - Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. AD - Center for Translational Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. FAU - Brumme, Zabrina L AU - Brumme ZL AD - Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. AD - British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. LA - eng GR - P30 AI110527/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - UM1 AI126617/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - PJT-148621/CIHR/Canada GR - PJT-159625/CIHR/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - United States TA - Curr Opin HIV AIDS JT - Current opinion in HIV and AIDS JID - 101264945 RN - 0 (AIDS Vaccines) RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) SB - IM MH - AIDS Vaccines/genetics/*immunology MH - Adaptation, Physiological MH - Animals MH - HIV Infections/genetics/*immunology/therapy/virology MH - HIV-1/genetics/immunology/*physiology MH - HLA Antigens/genetics/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Immune Evasion PMC - PMC6457261 MID - NIHMS1524535 COIS- Conflicts of interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. EDAT- 2019/03/30 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/17 06:00 PMCR- 2020/05/01 CRDT- 2019/03/30 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1097/COH.0000000000000541 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2019 May;14(3):194-204. doi: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000541.