HIV-1 integrase: from biology to chemotherapeutics.

abstract：:Natural or experimental infection of the African sooty mangabey (SM) with the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) results in chronic high levels of virus replication but is associated with none of the debilitating immunopathology, including the marked CD4 T-cell depletion, persistent cell activation and acquired immun...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Pereira LE,Ansari AA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence of drug-resistant viral strains has created the need for the development of novel anti-HIV agents with a diverse structure that targets key enzymes in the HIV lifecycle. OBJECTIVE:Considering the pharmacophore of integrase inhibitors, one of the validated targets for anti-HIV therapy, we desig...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Safakish M,Hajimahdi Z,Aghasadeghi MR,Vahabpour R,Zarghi A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) Vpr protein plays multiple roles in HIV-1 replication. In early infection, Vpr provides help in the nuclear localization of pre-integration complex. Subsequently, Vpr induces cell cycle arrest of infected cells at G2/M phase. Cell cycle arrest facilitates higher rate of viral...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Pandey RC,Datta D,Mukerjee R,Srinivasan A,Mahalingam S,Sawaya BE

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug use and HIV/AIDS are global public health issues. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that up to 30% of HIV infections are related to drug use and associated behaviors. The intersection, of the twin epidemics of HIV and drug/alcohol use, results in difficult medical management issues for the health care...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Kresina TF,Bruce RD,McCance-Katz EF

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infects macrophages and microglia in the CNS and frequently causes neurocognitive impairment. Although antiviral therapy generally reduces the viral load in the CNS and improves HIV-associated neurological dysfunction, most current antiviral drugs have poor CNS penetrance and ...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Dunfee R,Thomas ER,Gorry PR,Wang J,Ancuta P,Gabuzda D

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) remain prevalent despite effective combined anti-retroviral therapy (cART). Cognitive function has been shown to inversely correlate with decreased synaptic and dendritic density. In this study, macaques inoculated with SIV were examined over a 3-month course of infection...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Helke KL,Queen SE,Mankowski JL

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study assessed the phenotypic aspects of oral-cavity Candida albicans isolates from 300 HIV-1- positive patients, relating the most commonly investigated virulence factors (enzyme typing and germ-tube formation) to the most common morphotypes. The samples were seeded into specific media for isolation and s...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Menezes TO,Gillet LC,Menezes SA,Feitosa RN,Ishak MO,Ishak R,Marques-da-Silva SH,Vallinoto AC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid use in HIV infection has been associated with an increased frequency of neurological disease and cognitive impairment and vitamin A deficiency has been linked to progressive HIV disease in drug users. In this report the potential effects of these factors, alone and in combination, on gamma amino butyric acid (G...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Guo M,Bryant J,Sultana S,Jones O,Royal W 3rd

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation of the human immunodeficiency virus by host cells inhibits viral dissemination by creating non-functional variants. However, viral mutation does not always eliminate the ability of the virus to disseminate and, in fact, is thought to promote persistence by generating functional mutants that evade immunity or ...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Balin SJ,Ross TM,Platt JL,Cascalho M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytokines have been widely demonstrated to involve in the pathogenesis of AIDS and the mechanisms of antiretroviral therapy. Interleukin 27 (IL-27) is a new member of the IL-12 cytokine family and has been shown to interfere HIV-1 virus replication with controversial findings. This study is to investigate th...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Zheng YH,Xiao SL,He B,He Y,Zhou HY,Chen Z,Zheng LW,He M,Wang HY,Lin YH,Cao J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VGV-1, a clinical-grade formulation of bovine thymus nuclear protein (TNP) has been demonstrated to possess anti-viral activity in HIV-1 patients in five clinical trials, one of which was placebo controlled double-blinded. However, to date molecular mechanisms remain to be identified. Using surface plasmon resonance w...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Mamikonyan G,Kiyatkin A,Movsesyan N,Mkrtichyan M,Ghochikyan A,Petrushina I,Hwang J,Ichim TE,Keledjian H,Agadjanyan MG

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) represents one of the most common types of a non-AIDS-defining tumour that occurs in the HIV population, and its incidence is increasing in the post Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy (HAART) era. Despite the aggressiveness of that disease, the outcome of patients with HIV-HL has improved with...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Mounier N,Spina M,Spano JP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human milk banking has been promoted to provide donated breast milk for at-risk children whose mothers cannot breastfeed them but this effort was hindered by the advent of HIV epidemic. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the seroprevalence of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B in the blood of human milk donors registered in ...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Kupek E,Savi EO

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have developed methodologies for predicting the number of CD4+ cells from the total leukocyte and lymphocytes count based on mathematical methodologies, obtaining percentages of effectiveness prediction higher than 90% with a value of less than 5000 leukocytes. OBJECTIVE:To improve the meth...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Rodriguez J,Prieto S,Correa C,Melo M,Dominguez D,Olarte N,Suárez D,Aragón L,Torres F,Santacruz F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the persistence of latent HIV-infected cellular reservoirs, HIV virus can not be eradicated completely. OBJECTIVE:To identify proteins related to HIV latency, we performed a subcellular proteomic study in HIV latent cell lines. METHODS:An established HIV-1 latent cell model (J-Lat Tat-GFP Clone A7 c...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Zhang Y,Shen Y,Yin L,Qi T,Jia X,Lu H,Zhang L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In HIV-1 infected cells, over 40 different mRNA species are produced by alternative splicing of the single HIV-1 primary RNA transcript. In addition, approximately half of the HIV-1 primary RNA transcripts are not spliced and are exported to the cytoplasm where they serve as mRNA and as genomic RNA. In this article, w...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Stoltzfus CM,Madsen JM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaccine against HIV-1 is not currently available. In present, Virus like particles (VLPs) as effective strategy was used in several vaccine developing. Two conserved sequences; V3 loop of gp120 and the membrane-proximal external region (MPER) of gp41 are dominant sites for vaccine studies. OBJECTIVE:In this...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Tohidi F,Sadat SM,Bolhassani A,Yaghobi R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Some deficient genetic polymorphisms of the innate immune system have been correlated to a higher susceptibility to different infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. The possible association between an increased incidence of pneumococcal bacteremia in HIV-infected patients, and deficient polymo...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Horcajada JP,Lozano F,Muñoz A,Suarez B,Fariñas-Alvarez C,Almela M,Smithson A,Martínez E,Mallolas J,Mensa J,Gatell JM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a mechanism of negative regulation of immune responses by a specialized population of so-called regulatory T cells (Tregs) has become a focus of intense investigation. Through the discovery of transcription factor Foxp3 as a central molecular determinant of Tregs differentiation and function, the complex bio...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Bernardes SS,Borges IK,Lima JE,Milanez Pde A,Conchon-Costa I,Felipe I,Saridakis HO,Watanabe MA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have suggested that aerobic physical activity is safe and beneficial for HIV-infected adults. However, there is information lacking regarding whether HIV-infected patients practice physical activity and to what extent. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review was to determine the prevalence of phys...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Schuelter-Trevisol F,Wolff FH,Alencastro PR,Grigoletti S,Ikeda ML,Brandão AB,Barcellos NT,Fuchs SC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is unique in its capacity to produce chronic disease in almost all infected hosts. To accomplish this, it has evolved multiple mechanisms to effectively evade the immune response. HIV encodes at least one protein that makes infected cells resistant to CTL killing by downmodulatin...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Collins KL

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization is an important measure to protect HIV-infected children and adults against certain vaccine preventable diseases. However, the antibody response, which is associated with the level of CD4+ T cell count, is frequently impaired in this group of patients. Certain vaccines enhance virus replication and transi...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Pancharoen C,Ananworanich J,Thisyakorn U

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV epidemic has resulted in medical, social and economic consequences. There is general agreement that a safe, effective and affordable preventive HIV vaccine is urgently needed to control the epidemic. To date, over 60 phase I/II trials of about 30 candidate vaccines have been conducted worldwide. In 1991, Thail...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Pitisuttithum P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral cavity of human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) infected individuals is subjected to a series of opportunistic infections which are usually considered as a prognostic marker for the severity of infection as well as an indicator of immunodeficiency. The highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has si...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Parveen Z,Acheampong E,Pomerantz RJ,Jacobson JM,Wigdahl B,Mukhtar M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although HIV and injury contribute substantially to disease burdens in lowand middle-income countries (LMIC), their intersection is poorly characterized. OBJECTIVE:This systematic review assessed the prevalence and associated mortality impact of HIVseropositivity among injured patients in LMIC. METHODS:A s...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Aluisio AR,Rege S,Stewart BT,Kinuthia J,Levine AC,Mello MJ,Farquhar C

更新日期：2017-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus has evolved several redundant mechanisms to remove its receptor, the CD4 molecule, from the cell surface. Indeed, HIV-1 encodes three proteins, Nef, Vpu and Env, that have a profound effect on CD4 trafficking and catabolism. Given this functional convergence, it is believed that cell surfa...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Levesque K,Finzi A,Binette J,Cohen EA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) can bring HIV-1 in blood plasma to level undetectable by standard tests, prevent the onset of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and allow a near-normal life expectancy for HIV-infected individuals. Unfortunately, cART is not curative, as within a few weeks of ...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Rausch JW,Le Grice SFJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 7 (IL7) is a critical factor for lymphocyte homeostasis. A dysfunction of the IL7/IL7R pathway has previously been described in HIV-1 infection, and promising results were observed in recent analyses of IL7 for therapeutic use in HIV infected individuals. However, further investigations are still warranted...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Limou S,Melica G,Coulonges C,Lelièvre JD,Do H,McGinn S,Gut IG,Lévy Y,Zagury JF

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The change in the prevalence of hypogonadism with age in men with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is subject to debate. OBJECTIVE:To address this issue, we diagnosed hypogonadism based on serum levels of free testosterone (fTST) rather than total testosterone which is thought to be an inaccurat...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Yoshino Y,Koga I,Wakabayashi Y,Kitazawa T,Ota Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive immunization studies in non-human primates have established unequivocally that virus neutralization can prevent infection, providing the impetus for current intense efforts to identify immunogens that elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies in humans. Although Fc-mediated effector function may also contribute t...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Lewis GK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00