Measures to prevent sexual mucosal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 are urgently needed to curb the growth of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) …
EE Perez, J Wang, JC Miller, Y Jouvenot, KA Kim… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Homozygosity for the naturally occurring Δ32 deletion in the HIV co-receptor CCR5 confers resistance to HIV-1 infection. We generated an HIV-resistant genotype de novo using …
A Viola, AD Luster - Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol., 2008 - annualreviews.org
The chemokine system coordinates leukocyte migration in immunity and inflammation and is implicated in the pathogenesis of many human diseases. Although several successful …
In recent years, many compounds having potent antiviral activity in cell culture have been detected and some of these compounds are currently undergoing either preclinical or …
JM Brenchley, DA Price, DC Douek - Nature immunology, 2006 - nature.com
The pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus has long been thought to center on a gradual depletion of CD4+ T cells, with an average of 100 cells lost per microliter of blood …
F Hladik, P Sakchalathorn, L Ballweber, G Lentz… - Immunity, 2007 - cell.com
Understanding the initial events in the establishment of vaginal human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) entry and infection has been hampered by the lack of appropriate …
AT Haase - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2005 - nature.com
HIV-1 and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), as well as their hosts, face perils at mucosal front lines in early infection. At these sites,'resting'CD4+ memory T cells fuel infection …
Currently, there is no cure and no preventive vaccine for HIV/AIDS. Combination antiretroviral therapy has dramatically improved treatment, but it has to be taken for a …
BR O'Keefe, F Vojdani, V Buffa… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
To prevent sexually transmitted HIV, the most desirable active ingredients of microbicides are antiretrovirals (ARVs) that directly target viral entry and avert infection at mucosal …