Genetic characterization of HIV before widespread testing of HIV vaccine candidates at a clinical trial site in Pretoria, South Africa.

abstract：:Multiple drug effect analyses with mismatched double-stranded RNA (mismatched dsRNA or Ampligen) as a core drug were performed to identify other agents and mechanisms through which mismatched dsRNA may potentiate effective therapeutic intervention in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Antiviral activities w...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Montefiori DC,Robinson WE Jr,Mitchell WM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Northeastern Brazilian region has experienced a constant increase in the number of newly reported AIDS cases over the last decade, but the genetic diversity of HIV-1 strains currently disseminated in this region remains poorly explored. HIV-1 pol sequences were obtained from 140 patients followed at outpatient cli...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Delatorre E,Couto-Fernandez JC,Bello G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the world, with almost 46 million people infected globally. HIV-1 subtype C accounts for 55% of these infections. In Zambia, the majority of HIV-1 infections are subtype C. However, to its north most countries have non-subtype...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Munkanta M,Handema R,Kasai H,Gondwe C,Deng X,Yamashita A,Asagi T,Yamamoto N,Ito M,Kasolo F,Terunuma H

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the major envelope glycoprotein of the HIV-SF2 isolate was engineered for the secretion of recombinant gp120 (rgp120SF2) from permanent Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines. Cellular production methods were scaled up and a method for purification of the secreted glycoprotein was devised. Mild purif...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Scandella CJ,Kilpatrick J,Lidster W,Parker C,Moore JP,Moore GK,Mann KA,Brown P,Coates S,Chapman B

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data reporting sexually transmitted infection (STI) incidence rates among HIV-negative U.S. men who have sex with men (MSM) are lacking. In addition, it is difficult to analyze the effect of STI on HIV acquisition given that sexual risk behaviors confound the relationship between bacterial STIs and incident HIV. The I...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Kelley CF,Vaughan AS,Luisi N,Sanchez TH,Salazar LF,Frew PM,Cooper HL,Diclemente R,del Rio C,Sullivan PS,Rosenberg ES

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study diverse areas of the autopsied brain of 12 HIV-infected patients with and without dementia were analyzed. All brain samples were obtained at autopsy through prior consent. Env C2-V5 region was PCR amplified and sequenced and compared between different brain regions within the same patient and also betwee...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Shah M,Smit TK,Morgello S,Tourtellotte W,Gelman B,Brew BJ,Saksena NK

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic T cell determinants should be an important component of an anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine. The epitopes of proteins can be defined with short synthetic peptides for class I-restricted CTLs. An immunodominant CTL epitope from the HIV-1 IIIB envelope protein gp160 comprising 15 amino acids (re...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Achour A,Lemhammedi S,Picard O,M'Bika JP,Zagury JF,Moukrim Z,Willer A,Beix F,Burny A,Zagury D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The full-length RNA of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) serves both as a messenger (mRNA) to direct the translation of Pr55(gag) proteins and as genomic or viral particle RNA (vpRNA) to be packaged into virions. In this study, we have assessed a putative cis-acting effect of Pr55(gag) translation on HIV-1 R...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Liang C,Hu J,Russell RS,Wainberg MA

更新日期：2002-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 60 HIV-1-infected individuals, serum electrofocusing analysis disclosed clonally restricted IgG patterns in 9 patients (15%), most with limited disease progression (stages WR1-WR3). These oligoclonal bands had a very heterogeneous light chain pattern, and most showed specificity for HIV-1 in affinity-dr...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Amadori A,Gallo P,Zamarchi R,Veronese ML,De Rossi A,Wolf D,Chieco-Bianchi L

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes are known as an alternative target for HIV/SIV infection, but the contribution of monocytes to viral spread in a host is unclear. In this study, CD14 monocytes were monitored in 6 macaques until six weeks postinfection (wpi) with SIVmac239 to evaluate their contribution to viral load. The monocyte count in b...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Kuwata T,Kodama M,Sato A,Suzuki H,Miyazaki Y,Miura T,Hayami M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV infection affects B cell function and is associated with increased immunoglobulin levels, including in HIV-infected pregnant women. It is unknown if maternal HIV infection affects immunoglobulins in their uninfected children. We investigated this using prospective longitudinal data from children born to HIV-infect...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Bunders M,Pembrey L,Kuijpers T,Newell ML

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A workshop entitled "Regulatory T cells (T(reg)) and HIV/AIDS" was held in Cincinnati, OH, September 7-8, 2006. This workshop was the first completely dedicated to T(reg) in HIV infection, and gathered investigators working on different aspects of T(reg) biology, and on HIV pathogenesis. We report here the major topic...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Chougnet CA,Shearer GM

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tax protein encoded by HTLV-1 plays a key role in the development of ATL in infected individuals. Our previous studies showed that tax transgenic mice develop disease that is almost identical to human ATL, with widespread organ invasion by lymphomatous cells and the development of leukemia. The same pathology deve...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Watters KM,Dean J,Hasegawa H,Sawa H,Hall W,Sheehy N

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-specific CD4+ T cell responses, in particular to the HIV envelope antigen gp120, are often undetectable in the peripheral blood of HIV-infected individuals. The failure to detect these cells poses a significant impediment to studying the T cell populations that are considered to be essential for controlling HIV in...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Cohen S,Tuen M,Hioe CE

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is a key factor at various stages of HIV life cycle and determines the progression of HIV infection. Data about cellular labile iron pool (LIP) in the settings of contemporary antiretroviral therapy (cART) are lacking. Yet LIP is directly related to the generation of reactive oxygen species, and may contribute to...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Emilova R,Manolov V,Todorova Y,Yancheva N,Alexiev I,Nikolova M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), a lymphotropic herpesvirus, has been suggested as a potential cofactor in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Previous studies indicate that HHV-6 has a restricted range of susceptible species. In this study, we tested the in vitro susceptibility to HHV-6 of Macaca nemestrina (p...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Lusso P,Secchiero P,Crowley RW

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses of serum samples and blood cells have revealed a dysregulation of the Fas/Fas ligand (FasL) system during HIV infection, which may be related to disease progression. As Fas and FasL have been suggested to participate in brain injury in a variety of CNS disorders, the aim of this study was to determine (1) whe...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Sporer B,Koedel U,Goebel FD,Pfister HW

更新日期：2000-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in Argentina is more complex than was previously appreciated. One circulating recombinant form, CRF12_BF, and many related BF recombinant forms predominate in the capital city, Buenos Aires. This study of HIV-1 subtypes acquired perinatally between 1984 and 2000 has permitted, for t...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Gomez Carrillo M,Avila M,Hierholzer J,Pando M,Martinez PL,McCutchan FE,Carr JK

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The derivation of ethyl-methanesulfonate (EMS) mutagenized subclones from the CEM T-cell line has been described. These clones expressed CD4 and bound soluble gp120, however, two of the generated clones were markedly reduced in their ability to form syncytia after infection with either gp160-vaccinia vector or cell-fr...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Gruber MF,Hewlett IK,Simms T,Vujcic L,Manischewitz J,Golding H

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the evolution of HIV-1, the genetic and biological characteristics of viruses that infect persons living in regions in which the virus has been evolving for several decades must be studied. Thus, we investigated teh genetic subtypes, coreceptor usage, and syncytium-inducing ability of viruses in 47 HIV-1...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Zhong P,BUrda S,Konings F,Urbanski M,Ma L,Zekeng L,Ewane L,Agyingi L,Agwara M,Saa,Afane ZE,Kinge T,Zolla-Pazner S,Nyambi P

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations within the protease gene associated with reduced susceptibility to protease inhibitors have been well documented for HIV-1 group M subtype B strains. In contrast, limited genotypic and phenotypic information is available for the genetically diverse HIV-1 group O strains. Preexisting resistance-associated pol...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Luk KC,Kaptué L,Zekeng L,Soriano V,Gürtler L,Devare SG,Schochetman G,Hackett J Jr

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported a novel adhesion pathway in lymphocytes that is mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) 4 activity and mediates lymphocyte interactions with endothelial matrix. We now demonstrate that HIV-infected lymphocytes also use Cdk4 to mediate spontaneous adhesion to fibronectin and endothelial matrix. W...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Chow YH,Liu L,Schwartz B,Harlan JM,Schnapp LM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzylated peptides with a primary amino acid sequence corresponding to either human CD4(81-92) (#18), or chimpanzee CD4(81-92) (#18C), were equipotent inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection of CD4+ cells and high-affinity binding of 125I-gp120 to CD4+ cells. The chimpanzee-based CD4(81-92...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Lifson JD,Rausch DM,Kalyanaraman VS,Hwang KM,Eiden LE

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human endogenous retrovirus, type K (HERV-K) represents the most biologically active form of known retroelements present in the human genome. Several HERV-K genomes have transcriptionally active open reading frames and encode their own protease (PR). The HERV-K PR has been shown to authentically cleave human immun...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Padow M,Lai L,Fisher RJ,Zhou YC,Wu X,Kappes JC,Towler EM

更新日期：2000-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are a preferred target for sexually transmitted human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates that use CCR5 as a coreceptor in combination with CD4. To assess whether the susceptibility of MDMs to infection by an R5 isolate was influenced by CD4 and/or CCR5 expression, levels of membrane CD4 or CCR5...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Pesenti E,Pastore C,Lillo F,Siccardi AG,Vercelli D,Lopalco L

更新日期：1999-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV prevalence is the most commonly used measure to prioritize communities for HIV prevention. We show that data on two HIV infection stages (early vs. nonearly and late vs. nonlate) allow estimation of two better measures of prevention need: HIV incidence (for prevention of HIV acquisition) and expected probability o...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Bärnighausen T,Tanser F,Hallett T,Newell ML

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the patterns of change in body fat and metabolic parameters in a South African cohort on a first line ART regimen containing stavudine. Fasting lipogram, blood glucose and insulin levels, CD4 cell count, viral load, BMI, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and skinfold thickness at the tri...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： George JA,Venter WD,Van Deventer HE,Crowther NJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel deletion of residue 69 of the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) gene was detected in combination with mutations V75I/V and F77L/F in a patient with partial virological response to several antiretroviral drug regimens, including stavudine (D4T), didanosine (DDI), lamivudine (3TC), saquinavir (SQV), and nevirapin...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Suzuki K,Kaufmann GR,Mukaide M,Cunningham P,Harris C,Leas L,Kondo M,Imai M,Pett SL,Finlayson R,Zaunders J,Kelleher A,Cooper DA

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CCR5 has preferentially been used by all circulating HIV-1 subtype C viruses for cell entry. Recently, we reported the highest proportion of CXCR4-utilizing primary isolates among a cohort of 20 South African AIDS patients. This study describes and compares the Env genotypic characteristics from these 20 HIV-1 subtype...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Michler K,Connell BJ,Venter WD,Stevens WS,Capovilla A,Papathanasopoulos MA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before the introduction of HAART, HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment (NCI) was recognized as an independent risk factor for death. Since 1996, we conducted a prospective study to assess whether NCI still represents a negative prognostic factor for mortality. Patients were administered measures of neurocognitive ...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Tozzi V,Balestra P,Serraino D,Bellagamba R,Corpolongo A,Piselli P,Lorenzini P,Visco-Comandini U,Vlassi C,Quartuccio ME,Giulianelli M,Noto P,Galgani S,Ippolito G,Antinori A,Narciso P

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00