Analysis of reverse transcriptase and protease genes of HIV for antiretroviral drug resistance in treatment-exposed Jamaican pediatrics.

abstract：:HIV-1 Vif, Vpr, and Vpu proteins have a profound effect on efficient viral replication and pathogenesis. This study describes the genotypic characterisation of vif , vpr and vpu from 20 South African HIV-1 subtype C primary isolates, and extensive analysis and comparison of known motifs. All HIV-1 subtype C Vif, Vpr a...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Bell CM,Connell BJ,Capovilla A,Venter WD,Stevens WS,Papathanasopoulos MA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cell-mediated immunity T cells recognize peptide fragments of the antigenic protein in association with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins. Synthetic 9- to 16-mer peptides have been widely used to identify the region(s) of a protein that act as T cell epitope. Here, we report antigenic peptides identif...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Blazevic V,Ranki A,Krohn KJ

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to develop an immunization strategy to induce mucosal and circulatory antibodies against SIV antigens, we have investigated the potential of attenuated recombinant vaccinia virus to deliver SIV antigens (gp160 of SIVmac239) to mucosal surfaces of mice. After systemic or mucosal (intragastric, intranasal,...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Moldoveanu Z,Vzorov AN,Huang WQ,Mestecky J,Compans RW

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory tests that can distinguish recent from long-term HIV infection are used to estimate HIV incidence in a population, but can potentially misclassify a proportion of long-term HIV infections as recent. Correct application of an assay requires determination of the proportion false recents (PFRs) as part of the ...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Shah NS,Duong YT,Le LV,Tuan NA,Parekh BS,Ha HTT,Pham QD,Cuc CTT,Dobbs T,Tram TH,Lien TTX,Wagar N,Yang C,Martin A,Wolfe M,Hien NT,Kim AA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 viremia has been shown to induce several phenotypic and functional abnormalities in natural killer (NK) cells. To assess immune defects associated with HIV viremia, we examined NK cell function, differentiation status, and phenotypic alterations based on expression of inhibitory and activating receptors on NK ce...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Zulu MZ,Naidoo KK,Mncube Z,Jaggernath M,Goulder PJR,Ndung'u T,Altfeld M,Thobakgale CF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transition from latency to active replication is a crucial stage for the process of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection and life cycle. HIV-1 replication in latently infected cells can be strongly induced by the cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and the proliferation-arresting chemical...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Moulton S,Pantazis P,Epstein JS,Sadaie MR

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of HIV vaccines is an urgent priority and there is need to generate reagents representing multiple subtypes that can be used to screen HIV-1-specific responses. We used Aldrithiol-2 (AT-2), a mild oxidizing reagent, to eliminate the infectivity of HIV while maintaining its structure and ability to be p...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Rutebemberwa A,Bess JW Jr,Brown B,Arroyo M,Eller M,Slike B,Polonis V,McCutchan F,Currier JR,Birx D,Robb M,Marovich M,Lifson JD,Cox JH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of the gp41 transmembrane protein coding region of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proviral DNA obtained from blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 6 individuals was determined by direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified DNA. The direct sequencing approach w...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Steuler H,Storch-Hagenlocher B,Wildemann B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that transmitted drug resistance (TDR) will most likely emerge in regions where antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been widely available for years. However, after a decade of rapid scale-up of ART in China, there are few data regarding TDR among HIV-infected patients prior to initiating first-line ART in Chi...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Wang X,He C,Xing H,Liao L,Xu X,He J,Liu Y,Ling H,Liang S,Hsi JH,Ruan Y,Shao Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Downregulation of MHC class I expression following human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infection is thought to play an important role in viral escape from immune recognition by cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs). Since exogenous addition of HIV-1-derived peptides restores susceptibility of HIV-1-infected cells to CTL-m...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Kutsch O,Vey T,Kerkau T,Hünig T,Schimpl A

更新日期：2002-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 200 sera from macaques immunized with several different vaccine preparations were tested in various assays with cells of human and macaque origin. Only in instances where whole inactivated SIV preparations were used for immunization, were reactivities found with normal human cells, and this was the case in e...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Langlois AJ,Weinhold KJ,Matthews TJ,Greenberg ML,Bolognesi DP

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized human foamy virus (HFV) proviral DNA and determined HFV expression in a persistent infection model, the Dami megakaryocytic cell line. Molecular studies were performed on parental persistently infected cells (Dami-P), as well as on derived clones (Dami-Cl). We report that in these nonlytic and no...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Wybier-Franqui J,Tobaly-Tapiero J,Coronel A,Giron ML,Chopin-Robert C,Peries J,Emanoil-Ravier R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma has only rarely been reported in Europe. We aimed to determine the clinical characteristics and outcome of adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma patients in a nonendemic country. Cases of adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma managed at Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain were review...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Lopez-Lerma I,Caballero E,Palacio C,Garcia-Patos V

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:Acquisition of cellular proteins by HIV-1 virions is known to alter the physiology of the virus in vitro. Reported studies of this aspect have been largely limited to transformed T cell lines. In this study, we investigated the incorporation of major histocompatibility antigens (HLAs) on a primary macrophage-tropic is...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Tsai WP,Kung HF,Nara PL

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:Both HIV and EIAV belong to the retroviridae family and lentivirus genus. Two variable regions (V3 and V4) of equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) gp90 and two variable regions (V1 and V2) of HIV gp120 possibly adopt the same topology. We have studied the N-glycosylation properties and B cell linear epitope distribut...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Li H,Zhang X,Fan X,Shen T,Tong X,Shen R,Shao Y

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory factors to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in saliva may be responsible for the infrequent isolation of virus from saliva and also may account for the marked infrequency of salivary and/or oral transmission of HIV-1. Incubation of HIV-1 with human saliva followed by addition of the mixture to su...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Archibald DW,Cole GA

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokine receptors are molecules involved in the fusion of immunodeficiency viruses after their attachment. As chimpanzees are the animal model for infection by HIV-1, we cloned and sequenced chimpanzee CXCR4 and CCR5 from PBMCs. Chimpanzee CXCR4 was found to be identical to human CXCR4, which provides an explanation...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Prétet JL,Zerbib AC,Girard M,Guillet JG,Butor C

更新日期：1997-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Anemia, a common hematological abnormality in HIV, contributes to decreased quality of life (QOL). This study assessed once-every-2-week epoetin alfa on maintaining QOL and hemoglobin (Hb) in anemic HIV-infected patients in a 24-week, open-label, multicenter study. HIV-infected patients (Hb < or =12 g/dl) received epo...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Levine AM,Salvato P,Leitz GJ,Champs 2 Study Group.

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoid tissues are the focus of critical events in HIV pathogenesis. Persistent and high levels of virus production, extensive trapping of virus particles in germinal centers, and progressive degenerative changes in lymph node architecture are characteristics of progressive HIV-1 infection. Infiltrates of granzyme B...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Koopman G,Haaksma AG,ten Velden J,Hack CE,Heeney JL

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines based on live attenuated viruses are highly effective immunogens in the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)/rhesus macaque animal model and offer the possibility of studying correlates of protection against infection with virulent virus. We utilized a tether system for studying, in naive macaques and animals ...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Hodara VL,Parodi LM,Keckler MS,Giavedoni LD

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific antibodies was examined in plasma and cervicovaginal (mucosal) samples of 24 HIV-exposed uninfected (EU) female sexual partners of HIV-infected men, and compared with findings in 18 HIV-infected and 15 low-risk HIV-uninfected women. Only HIV-infected women ha...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Buchacz K,Parekh BS,Padian NS,van der Straten A,Phillips S,Jonte J,Holmberg SD

更新日期：2001-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In HIV-infected persons, certain HLA class I alleles are associated with effective control of viremia, while others are associated with rapid disease progression. Among the most divergent clinical outcomes are the relatively good prognosis in HLA-B*5801 expressing persons and poor prognosis with HLA-B*5802. These two ...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Ngumbela KC,Day CL,Mncube Z,Nair K,Ramduth D,Thobakgale C,Moodley E,Reddy S,de Pierres C,Mkhwanazi N,Bishop K,van der Stok M,Ismail N,Honeyborne I,Crawford H,Kavanagh DG,Rousseau C,Nickle D,Mullins J,Heckerman D,K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight HIV-2-infected Caucasian men living in the same geographical area in Gipuzkoa (northern Spain) have been identified in the last 5 years. HIV-2 infection in this area is uncommon, and no other cases of HIV-2 infection have been found after extensive testing for HIV-1/2 antibodies. Epidemiological data suggested a...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Cilla G,Rodés B,Pérez-Trallero E,Arrizabalaga J,Soriano V

更新日期：2001-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that HIV-1-neutralizing 2F5 and 4E10 monoclonal antibodies recognize gp41 ectodomain pretransmembrane sequences in the context of the membrane interface. With the aim of evaluating lipid-bilayer surface effects on recognition, we use phospholipid model systems to investigate the ability of 2F5 and...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Sánchez-Martínez S,Lorizate M,Katinger H,Kunert R,Nieva JL

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct evidence confirming the hypothesis that a dysfunction of the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) underlies the pathogenesis of hyperlactatemia associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is scarce. We studied mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content and MRC function in the skeletal muscle of an HIV-...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Miró O,López S,Martínez E,Rodríguez-Santiago B,Blanco JL,Milinkovic A,Miró JM,Nunes V,Casademont J,Gatell JM,Cardellach F

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of the p12(I) protein of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) has been under debate. p12K (lysine) and p12R (arginine) variants of this protein at amino acid 88 and a shorter life of p12K had been reported by another group. Because HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Furukawa Y,Usuku K,Izumo S,Osame M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, complex HIV-1 recombinations among the B', C, and CRF01_AE genotypes have frequently arisen in Yunnan, China. A novel HIV-1 complex circulating recombinant form (CRF) consisting of B', C, and CRF01_AE (CRF96_cpx) was recently characterized from three epidemiologically unlinked individuals. Two strains of th...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Miao J,Ran J,Song Y,Liu Y,Gao L,Miao Z,Zhang C,Feng Y,Xia X

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to determine the frequency and profile of HIV-1 BF recombinants in vitro and in vivo. Laboratory HIV-1 strains from subtypes B and F were cocultured and evaluated. Clinical samples from the city of Santos, Brazil, where the first HIV-1 B/F circulating recombinant forms (CRF) were described, were also assesse...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Teixeira D,Munerato P,Komninakis SC,Fusuma EE,Janini LM,Sucupira MC,Diaz RS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00