The role of macrophages in HIV-1 persistence and pathogenesis

Z Kruize, NA Kootstra - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Current antiretroviral therapy (ART) effectively suppresses Human Immunodeficiency Virus
type 1 (HIV-1) in infected individuals. However, even long term ART does not eradicate HIV …

Macrophages and their relevance in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type I infection

H Koppensteiner, R Brack-Werner, M Schindler - Retrovirology, 2012 - Springer
Macrophages are important target cells for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type I (HIV-
1) in vivo. Several studies have assessed the molecular biology of the virus in this cell type …

NEAT1 long noncoding RNA and paraspeckle bodies modulate HIV-1 posttranscriptional expression

Q Zhang, CY Chen, VSRK Yedavalli, KT Jeang - MBio, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Most of the human genome is transcribed into protein-noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), including
small ncRNAs and long ncRNAs (lncRNAs). Over the past decade, rapidly emerging …

The Paf1 complex: a keystone of nuclear regulation operating at the interface of transcription and chromatin

AM Francette, SA Tripplehorn, KM Arndt - Journal of molecular biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II is closely intertwined with the
regulation of chromatin structure. A host of proteins required for the disassembly …

HIV-1 latency in monocytes/macrophages

A Kumar, W Abbas, G Herbein - Viruses, 2014 - mdpi.com
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) targets CD4+ T cells and cells of the
monocyte/macrophage lineage. HIV pathogenesis is characterized by the depletion of T …

A virus-packageable CRISPR screen identifies host factors mediating interferon inhibition of HIV

M OhAinle, L Helms, J Vermeire, F Roesch, D Humes… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Interferon (IFN) inhibits HIV replication by inducing antiviral effectors. To comprehensively
identify IFN-induced HIV restriction factors, we assembled a CRISPR sgRNA library of …

The sound of silence: mechanisms and implications of HUSH complex function

M Seczynska, PJ Lehner - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
The vertebrate genome is under constant threat of invasion by genetic parasites. Whether
the host can immediately recognize and respond to invading elements has been unclear …

HIV-2/SIV viral protein X counteracts HUSH repressor complex

G Chougui, S Munir-Matloob, R Matkovic… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
To evade host immune defences, human immunodeficiency viruses 1 and 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-
2) have evolved auxiliary proteins that target cell restriction factors. Viral protein X (Vpx) from …

Primate immunodeficiency virus proteins Vpx and Vpr counteract transcriptional repression of proviruses by the HUSH complex

L Yurkovetskiy, MH Guney, K Kim, SL Goh… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Host factors that silence provirus transcription in CD4+ memory T cells help HIV-1 escape
eradication by the host immune system and by antiviral drugs. These same factors, however …

Mapping the LINE1 ORF1 protein interactome reveals associated inhibitors of human retrotransposition

JL Goodier, LE Cheung… - Nucleic acids research, 2013 - academic.oup.com
LINE1s occupy 17% of the human genome and are its only active autonomous mobile DNA.
L1s are also responsible for genomic insertion of processed pseudogenes and> 1 million …