The editors of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology have announced the July issue, highlighting AIDS and AIDS research. Published by Elsevier, the journal is the official publication of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
The issue coincides with the XVII International AIDS Conference, taking place at Centro Banamex, Mexico City, August 3 to 8, 2008. Key papers include a review article by Barton F. Haynes from Duke University and Robin J. Shattock from St. George's University of London. The article summarises some of the hurdles that researchers face in developing an HIV vaccine. Additionally, a mechanistic review by Susan Moir and Anthony S. Fauci from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases looks specifically at B-cell abnormalities associated with HIV. Also, a Rostrum article by Lin Shen and Robert F. Siliciano from Johns Hopkins University argues that highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) must be combined with new techniques to attack the viral reservoirs that remain even after viral replication has been stopped.
Other issue highlights include original research from a National Institutes of Health multi-center group that finds an increased rate of asthma in HIV-infected children who are being treated with HAART; the report of genetic variations in the innate immune mannose lectin-binding pathway that changes the rate of HIV disease progression; and the laboratory advancement of measuring naïve and late activated cytotoxic T lymphocytes as a simpler method of measuring thymic function.
Subscribers can access the full content of each issue of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the journal website at www.jacionline.org. Institutional subscribers can access the journal through ScienceDirect, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00916749.
