abstract：:It has long been recognized that drug metabolism and drug toxicity may vary greatly between individuals, affecting both efficacy and toxicity. Pharmacogenetics could benefit HIV therapeutics because of the high prevalence of drug-related adverse events and the long term nature and complexity of combination therapy. In...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Tozzi V,Libertone R,Liuzzi G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the World Health Organization's 2007 estimates, close to 33 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS. Over the past two decades, significant progress has been made in understanding HIV pathogenesis and disease progression, which has allowed the identification of a multitude of drug and vaccine ta...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Endsley AN,Salama NN,Ho RJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the correlation between HIV-1 RNA load in blood and semen by antiretroviral therapy status and the relative penetration of antiretroviral drugs in seminal plasma. We performed a cross-sectional cohort study of 119 HIV-1 subjects divided into three groups according to treatment status. Blood and semen were co...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Chan DJ,Ray JE,McNally L,Batterham M,Smith DE

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Low levels of plasma viremia (below 50 copies/ml of HIV-1 RNA) can be detected in the majority of HIV+ subjects successfully treated with HAART. Aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of different antiretroviral regimens on this residual viremia and on proviral HIV-1 DNA in HAART-treated subjects with plasma HIV ...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Nicastri E,Palmisano L,Sarmati L,D'Ettorre G,Parisi S,Andreotti M,Buonomini A,Pirillo FM,Narciso P,Bellagamba R,Vullo V,Montano M,Di Perri G,Andreoni M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors (NNRTIs) act as chemical enhancers of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RT dimerization. In the current study, we sought to define the role of key residues (101, 103, 108, 181, 188, 190, 225 and 318) in the NNRTI-bind...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Figueiredo A,Zelina S,Sluis-Cremer N,Tachedjian G

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Objective was to assess dietary intake and physical activity in a Canadian population sample of male patients with HIV and metabolic abnormalities and to compare the data to Canadian recommendations. Sixty-five HIV-infected men with at least one feature associated with the metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance, dysli...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Arendt BM,Aghdassi E,Mohammed SS,Fung LY,Jalali P,Salit IE,Allard JP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major focus of HIV-1 vaccine development has been directed towards a limited number of broadly conserved epitopes in the Envelope (Env) proteins that are sensitive neutralization targets in many primary isolates. However, evidence suggests that these epitopes are poorly immunogenic; similar antibodies are rarely pro...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Pinter A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We studied the clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment outcome and survival in children with HIV and Tuberculosis (TB) co-infection. METHODS:All HIV infected children with symptoms or signs consistent with tuberculosis were screened. We studied 24 cases of culture confirmed TB from among a cohort of 213...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Kumar A,Upadhyay S,Kumari G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AIDS has claimed the lives of 25 million people worldwide, an additional 40 million people are HIV-infected and new cases are being diagnosed every year. Despite the fact that HAART has moved AIDS from the category of terminal diseases to that of treatable chronic illnesses, its long-term therapeutic success may be co...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Zeinalipour-Loizidou E,Nicolaou C,Nicolaides A,Kostrikis LG

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:In this paper we report the study of tryptophan metabolism via serotonin in ventricular CSF in HIV-1 infection in order to investigate the origin of tryptophan metabolites in the human brain. The patients (n=4) were affected with non-communicating hydrocephalus. One of these also was suffering from HIV-1 infection. Th...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Longatti P,Perin A,Comai S,Bertazzo A,Rizzo V,Costa CV,Allegri G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic variation, which is the result of amino acid substitution and genetic evolution, poses a major challenge in the development of vaccines against pathogens with unstable genomes, such as HIV-1 and Influenza. Thus, it is highly important to characterize the relationship of genetic evolution, antigenic variation...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Li F,Gilbert PB,Self SG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among HIV positive patients, Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) or biopsy for diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenopathy is often avoided due to an unspoken stigma. Earlier, we had developed a clinical scoring scale for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBLN), which had 88% sensitivity and detected no fals...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Purohit SD,Purohit V,Mathur ML

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Multiple factors have been previously described which could influence adherence to HAART. Our objective is to determine the fundamental factors which influence adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy in our population. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was made selecting 143 outpatients attending ou...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Moralejo L,Inés S,Marcos M,Fuertes A,Luna G

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：:It has been known for decades that exogenous RNAs are able to induce cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) and immunological reactivity to a wide variety of antigens. The molecular events responsible for these effects remain unclear for more than two decades. It has been decided to revisit this phenomenon in the light of new...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Watanabe MA,de Souza LR,Murad JM,De Lucca FL

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To promote the initiation of reverse transcription, the HIV-1 virus uses a host tRNA as a primer, tRNA(3Lys). The annealing of tRNA(3Lys) to the viral RNA requires the breaking of the 3D structure of the tRNA and RNA rearrangements, to form a stable initiation complex recognised by the reverse transcriptase. The annea...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Tisné C

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：: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：:Superinfection is defined as infection by a second virus during an immunologic steady state, following infection by a primary virus. It is now well established that superinfection with HIV-1 occurs in humans. Detection of an increasing number of circulating recombinant forms, which result from infection of a cell by t...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Chan DJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In HIV-1, tRNA(Lys3) serves as the primer for reverse transcriptase, and during viral assembly, the tRNA(Lys) isoacceptors, tRNA(Lys1,2) and tRNA(Lys3), are selectively packaged into the virion. In this review, we shall first discuss the evidence for the formation of a tRNA(Lys) packaging complex, whose components inc...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Kleiman L,Halwani R,Javanbakht H

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:An estimated 800,000 children acquired HIV-infection in 2002, most as a result of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), and vertically-acquired HIV infection continues to be of major public health importance. Prevention of MTCT is possible with a combination of interventions including antiretroviral therapy (ART) (usua...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Thorne C,Newell ML

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major obstacles to effective prolonged CD8 T cell control over HIV and other latent infections may be the intrinsic, genetically programmed barrier to unlimited proliferation that is characteristic of all normal human somatic cells. Replicative senescence, characterized extensively in cell culture for a var...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Effros RB

更新日期：2003-04-01 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