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Peter W. Hunt is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and immunology and microbiology, with a significant body of work related to infectious diseases, virology, emergency medicine, immunology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's main topics of study encompass a range of HIV-related research areas, including:

  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • HIV research and treatment
  • HIV/AIDS research and interventions
  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Long-term effects of COVID-19
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Peter W. Hunt has contributed to multiple recent papers with notable publications such as:

  • "Markers of Immune Activation and Inflammation in Individuals With Postacute Sequelae of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection," 2021, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Differential decay of intact and defective proviral DNA in HIV-1-infected individuals on suppressive antiretroviral therapy," 2020, JCI Insight
  • "Chronic viral coinfections differentially affect the likelihood of developing long COVID," 2022, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Phenotypic analysis of the unstimulated in vivo HIV CD4 T cell reservoir," 2020, eLife
  • "HIV-1-induced cytokines deplete homeostatic innate lymphoid cells and expand TCF7-dependent memory NK cells," 2020, Nature Immunology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Steven G. Deeks, Jeffrey N. Martin, Heidi M. Crane, Richard D. Moore, and Michael S. Saag.

Their research outputs are often published in various venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • AIDS
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Best Publications

  • The major genetic determinants of HIV-1 control affect HLA class I peptide presentation

    Pereyra F;Jia X;McLaren Pj

  • Cell death by pyroptosis drives CD4 T-cell depletion in HIV-1 infection

    Gilad Doitsh;Nicole L. K. Galloway;Xin Geng;Zhiyuan Yang

  • Immune activation set point during early HIV infection predicts subsequent CD4+ T-cell changes independent of viral load.

    Steven G. Deeks;Christina M. R. Kitchen;Lea Liu;Hua Guo

  • T Cell Activation Is Associated with Lower CD4+ T Cell Gains in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients with Sustained Viral Suppression during Antiretroviral Therapy

    Peter W Hunt;Jeffrey N Martin;Elizabeth Sinclair;Barry Bredt

  • Dysbiosis of the Gut Microbiota Is Associated with HIV Disease Progression and Tryptophan Catabolism

    Ivan Vujkovic-Cvijin;Richard M. Dunham;Shoko Iwai;Michael C. Maher

  • Relationship between T Cell Activation and CD4+ T Cell Count in HIV-Seropositive Individuals with Undetectable Plasma HIV RNA Levels in the Absence of Therapy

    Peter W. Hunt;Jason Brenchley;Elizabeth Sinclair;Joseph M. McCune

  • Plasma Levels of Bacterial DNA Correlate with Immune Activation and the Magnitude of Immune Restoration in Persons with Antiretroviral-Treated HIV Infection

    Wei Jiang;Michael M. Lederman;Peter Hunt;Scott F. Sieg

  • HIV-infected individuals with low CD4/CD8 ratio despite effective antiretroviral therapy exhibit altered T cell subsets, heightened CD8+ T cell activation, and increased risk of non-AIDS morbidity and mortality.

    Sergio Serrano-Villar;Talia Sainz;Sulggi A. Lee;Peter W. Hunt

  • Comparative Analysis of Measures of Viral Reservoirs in HIV-1 Eradication Studies

    Susanne Eriksson;Erin H. Graf;Viktor Dahl;Matthew C. Strain

  • Tryptophan catabolism by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 alters the balance of TH17 to regulatory T cells in HIV disease.

    David Favre;Jeff Mold;Peter W. Hunt;Bittoo Kanwar

  • Soluble Markers of Inflammation and Coagulation but Not T-Cell Activation Predict Non–AIDS-Defining Morbid Events During Suppressive Antiretroviral Treatment

    Allan R. Tenorio;Yu Zheng;Ronald J. Bosch;Supriya Krishnan

  • L-685,458, an aspartyl protease transition state mimic, is a potent inhibitor of amyloid beta-protein precursor gamma-secretase activity.

    Mark S. Shearman;Dirk Beher;Earl E. Clarke;Huw D. Lewis

  • Gut Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction and Innate Immune Activation Predict Mortality in Treated HIV Infection

    Peter W. Hunt;Elizabeth Sinclair;Benigno Rodriguez;Carey Shive

  • Incomplete Peripheral CD4+ Cell Count Restoration in HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Long-Term Antiretroviral Treatment

    Colleen F. Kelley;Christina M. R. Kitchen;Peter W. Hunt;Benigno Rodriguez

  • Role of viral replication, antiretroviral therapy, and immunodeficiency in HIV-associated atherosclerosis.

    Priscilla Y Hsue;Peter W Hunt;Amanda Schnell;S Craig Kalapus

  • Altered Virome and Bacterial Microbiome in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

    Cynthia L. Monaco;David B. Gootenberg;Guoyan Zhao;Scott A. Handley

  • HIV and inflammation: mechanisms and consequences.

    Peter W Hunt

  • Activation, exhaustion, and persistent decline of the antimicrobial MR1-restricted MAIT-cell population in chronic HIV-1 infection

    Edwin Leeansyah;Anupama Ganesh;Máire F. Quigley;Anders Sönnerborg

  • Food insecurity, depression and the modifying role of social support among people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda

    Alexander C. Tsai;David R. Bangsberg;Edward A. Frongillo;Peter W. Hunt

  • Valganciclovir Reduces T Cell Activation in HIV-Infected Individuals With Incomplete CD4+ T Cell Recovery on Antiretroviral Therapy

    Peter W. Hunt;Jeffrey N. Martin;Elizabeth Sinclair;Lorrie Epling

  • Differential microRNA regulation of HLA-C expression and its association with HIV control

    Smita Kulkarni;Ram Savan;Ying Qi;Ying Qi;Xiaojiang Gao;Xiaojiang Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey N. Martin
Jeffrey N. Martin University of California, San Francisco
Steven G. Deeks
Steven G. Deeks University of California, San Francisco
David R. Bangsberg
David R. Bangsberg Simon Fraser University
Jessica E. Haberer
Jessica E. Haberer Harvard University
Joseph M. McCune
Joseph M. McCune University of California, San Francisco
Alexander C. Tsai
Alexander C. Tsai Harvard University
Elizabeth Sinclair
Elizabeth Sinclair University of California, San Francisco
Rebecca Hoh
Rebecca Hoh University of California, San Francisco
Frederick Hecht
Frederick Hecht University of California, San Francisco
Michael M. Lederman
Michael M. Lederman Case Western Reserve University

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