A Summary of the Sixth International Workshop on Microbiome in HIV Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Treatment

Scott Sherrill-Mix; Michelle Yang; Grace M Aldrovandi; Jason M Brenchley; Frederic D Bushman; Ronald G Collman; Satya Dandekar; Nichole R Klatt; Laurel A Lagenaur; Alan L Landay; Roger Paredes; Gilda Tachedjian; Jim A Turpin; Sergio Serrano-Villar; Catherine A Lozupone; Mimi Ghosh

doi:10.1089/AID.2021.0173

A Summary of the Sixth International Workshop on Microbiome in HIV Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Treatment

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2022 Mar;38(3):173-180. doi: 10.1089/AID.2021.0173. Epub 2022 Jan 25.

Authors

Scott Sherrill-Mix¹, Michelle Yang², Grace M Aldrovandi³, Jason M Brenchley⁴, Frederic D Bushman¹, Ronald G Collman⁵, Satya Dandekar⁶, Nichole R Klatt⁷, Laurel A Lagenaur⁸, Alan L Landay⁹, Roger Paredes¹⁰, Gilda Tachedjian¹¹, Jim A Turpin¹², Sergio Serrano-Villar¹³, Catherine A Lozupone¹⁴, Mimi Ghosh²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁶ Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
⁸ Osel, Inc., Mountain View, California, USA.
⁹ Division of Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁰ Institut de Recerca de la SIDA IrsiCaixa i Unitat VIH, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de Vic, Catalonia, Spain.
¹¹ Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
¹² Divison of AIDS, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
¹³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
¹⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA.

Abstract

In October of 2020, researchers from around the world met online for the sixth annual International Workshop on Microbiome in HIV Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Treatment. New research was presented on the roles of the microbiome on immune response and HIV transmission and pathogenesis and the potential for alterations in the microbiome to decrease transmission and affect comorbidities. This article presents a summary of the findings reported.

Keywords: HIV/SIV; comorbidities; microbiome; pathogenesis; prevention; therapeutics; transmission.

MeSH terms

Comorbidity
HIV Infections* / prevention & control
Humans
Microbiota* / physiology