Epigenetic compound screening uncovers small molecules for reactivation of latent HIV-1

A Zutz, L Chen, F Sippl, A Humpe… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
During infection with the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), latent reservoirs are
established that circumvent full eradication of the virus by antiretroviral therapy (ART) and …

Diversity of small molecule HIV‐1 latency reversing agents identified in low‐and high‐throughput small molecule screens

P Hashemi, I Sadowski - Medicinal research reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The latency phenomenon produced by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV‐1) prevents
viral clearance by current therapies, and consequently development of a cure for HIV‐1 …

Current status of latency reversing agents facing the heterogeneity of HIV-1 cellular and tissue reservoirs

A Ait-Ammar, A Kula, G Darcis, R Verdikt… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
One of the most explored therapeutic approaches aimed at eradicating HIV-1 reservoirs is
the “shock and kill” strategy which is based on HIV-1 reactivation in latently-infected cells …

Small molecules effective for disruption of HIV-1 latency

SP Hashemi - 2019 - open.library.ubc.ca
Although antiretroviral therapies have improved the outlook of the HIV epidemic, they do not
provide a cure. The major barrier to development of a cure lies in the virus's ability to …

HIV latency reversal agents: A potential path for functional cure?

JR Lopes, DE Chiba, JL Dos Santos - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the advances in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) treatment, the cure for all HIV
patients still poses a major challenge, which needs to be surpassed in the coming years …

In vitro Tools to Study the Establishment of HIV-1 Latency and Evaluate Latency Reversing Agents for HIV-1 Cure Strategies

I Sarabia - 2021 - search.proquest.com
HIV-1 establishes a latent reservoir in a subset of the cells it infects and there are no reliable
known biomarkers to distinguish this population from uninfected cells. Antiretroviral therapy …

Shock-and-kill versus block-and-lock: Targeting the fluctuating and heterogeneous HIV-1 gene expression

YHJ Yeh, YC Ho - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Despite effective antiretroviral therapy, HIV-1 persistence in the latent reservoir remains the
major barrier to cure. Current strategies for HIV-1 eradication require either inducing HIV-1 …

Compounds producing an effective combinatorial regimen for disruption of HIV‐1 latency

P Hashemi, K Barreto, W Bernhard… - EMBO Molecular …, 2018 - embopress.org
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has improved the outlook for the HIV epidemic,
but does not provide a cure. The proposed “shock‐and‐kill” strategy is directed at inducing …

NSC95397 is a Novel HIV Latency Reversing Agent

RN Doyle, V Yang, R Damoiseaux, OI Fregoso - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The latent viral reservoir represents one of the major barriers of curing HIV. Focus on the
“kick and kill” approach, in which virus expression is reactivated then cells producing virus …

[HTML][HTML] The relevance of molecular mechanisms in HIV-1 latency and reactivation from latency

AO Pasternak, O Rohr, C Van Lint… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Despite the remarkable efficacy of antiretroviral therapy (ART) that dramatically reduced
morbidity and mortality among people with HIV-1 (PWH), the infection is uncurable due to …