About the Authors

Rachel S. Leibman

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Max W. Richardson

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christoph T. Ellebrecht

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Colby R. Maldini

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Joshua A. Glover

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Center for AIDS Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Anthony J. Secreto

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Center for AIDS Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Irina Kulikovskaya

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Simon F. Lacey

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sarah R. Akkina

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yanjie Yi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Center for AIDS Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Farida Shaheen

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Center for AIDS Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jianbin Wang

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Sangamo BioSciences Inc., Richmond, California, United States of America

Keith A. Dufendach

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michael C. Holmes

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Sangamo BioSciences Inc., Richmond, California, United States of America

Ronald G. Collman

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Center for AIDS Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Aimee S. Payne

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James L. Riley

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

rileyj@upenn.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

We have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: RSL, CTE, ASP, and JLR have filed a patent describing the construction of these HIV specific CARs. MCH and JW are employees of Sangamo Biosciences JLR cofounded a company called Tmunity Therapeutics that has the rights to license the technology describe in this paper. JLR holds an equity interest in Tmunity.