HIV-1 infection and type 1 interferon: navigating through uncertain waters

S Sugawara, DL Thomas… - AIDS research and human …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
HIV-1 and the type 1 IFN signaling pathway, and examine the efficacy of type 1 IFNs in
vivo. We also explore whether limited type 1 IFN manipulation may have a therapeutic role. …

IFI16 targets the transcription factor Sp1 to suppress HIV-1 transcription and latency reactivation

…, A Russ, S Wittmann, T Gramberg, Y Zheng… - Cell host & …, 2019 - cell.com
interferon γ-inducible protein 16 (IFI16) is known as immune sensor of retroviral DNA
intermediates. We show that IFI16 restricts HIV-1 … Highly prevalent clade C HIV-1 strains are more …

Diverse effects of interferon alpha on the establishment and reversal of HIV latency

RM Van der Sluis, JM Zerbato, JW Rhodes… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
… to the HIV long terminal repeat and activate HIV transcription. We demonstrate diverse effects
of interferons on HIV … of latency but also reversing HIV latency once latency is established. …

HIV-1 Vif suppresses antiviral immunity by targeting STING

Y Wang, G Qian, L Zhu, Z Zhao, Y Liu, W Han… - Cellular & molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
… nonstructural protein viral infectivity factor (Vif) is essential in HIV-1 replication, as it … the
production of type I IFN to promote immune evasion. HIV-1 infection induced the activation of the …

Sustained IFN-I stimulation impairs MAIT cell responses to bacteria by inducing IL-10 during chronic HIV-1 infection

X Tang, S Zhang, Q Peng, L Ling, H Shi, Y Liu… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
… that IFN-I may contribute to MAIT cell impairment during chronic HIV-1 infection. By … assays
of MAIT cells from HIV-infected patients, we show that sustained IFN-I stimulation induces IL-…

Heightened resistance to host type 1 interferons characterizes HIV-1 at transmission and after antiretroviral therapy interruption

…, RM Russell, S Trimboli, AG Smith, Y Li… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
… The authors found that HIV-1 isolates acquired at the time of initial infection or during … type
1 interferons. These findings underpin the importance of type 1 interferons in controlling HIV-1

Regulation of HIV-1 Gag-Pol expression by shiftless, an inhibitor of programmed-1 ribosomal frameshifting

X Wang, Y Xuan, Y Han, X Ding, K Ye, F Yang, P Gao… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
… type I interferon (IFN) inhibits the expression of HIV-1 Gag-Pol. MT4 cells were infected with
the replication-competent HIV-1 virus NL4-3 and then treated with IFN. Considering that IFN

Sensor sensibility—HIV-1 and the innate immune response

X Yin, S Langer, Z Zhang, KM Herbert, S Yoh, R König… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a unique … During the replication cycle,
HIV-1 undergoes reverse … However, HIV-1 has evolved efficient strategies to evade or …

New challenges of HIV-1 infection: how HIV-1 attacks and resides in the central nervous system

V Rojas-Celis, F Valiente-Echeverría, R Soto-Rifo… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
… The studies cited in this review analyze the effects of HIV-1 at the molecular level and how
HIV-1 damages CNS cells. However, a link that defines a clear mechanism of how the virus …

Methamphetamine Enhances HIV-1 Replication in CD4+ T-Cells via a Novel IL-1β Auto-Regulatory Loop

KS Lawson, A Prasad, JE Groopman - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… We also found that Meth enhances HIV-1 replication via IL-1 signaling. Our results … favor
HIV-1 replication. These observations offer a framework for designing targeted therapies in HIV-…