Nuclear landscape of HIV-1 infection and integration

M Lusic, RF Siliciano - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2017 - nature.com
To complete its life cycle, HIV-1 enters the nucleus of the host cell as reverse-transcribed
viral DNA. The nucleus is a complex environment, in which chromatin is organized to …

Understanding HIV latency: the road to an HIV cure

MS Dahabieh, E Battivelli, E Verdin - Annual review of medicine, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Treatment with antiretroviral therapy dramatically increases the survival of HIV-infected
individuals. However, treatment has to be continued for life because it does not lead to the …

Phase-separation mechanism for C-terminal hyperphosphorylation of RNA polymerase II

H Lu, D Yu, AS Hansen, S Ganguly, R Liu, A Heckert… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Hyperphosphorylation of the C-terminal domain (CTD) of the RPB1 subunit of human RNA
polymerase (Pol) II is essential for transcriptional elongation and mRNA processing,–. The …

The cytoplasmic body component TRIM5α restricts HIV-1 infection in Old World monkeys

M Stremlau, CM Owens, MJ Perron, M Kiessling… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Host cell barriers to the early phase of immunodeficiency virus replication explain the current
distribution of these viruses among human and non-human primate species,,,. Human …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct chromatin functional states correlate with HIV latency reactivation in infected primary CD4+ T cells

E Battivelli, MS Dahabieh, M Abdel-Mohsen… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is currently incurable, due to the persistence
of latently infected cells. The 'shock and kill'approach to a cure proposes to eliminate this …

[HTML][HTML] HIV-1 transcription and latency: an update

C Van Lint, S Bouchat, A Marcello - Retrovirology, 2013 - Springer
Combination antiretroviral therapy, despite being potent and life-prolonging, is not curative
and does not eradicate HIV-1 infection since interruption of treatment inevitably results in a …

[HTML][HTML] SIRT1 regulates HIV transcription via Tat deacetylation

S Pagans, A Pedal, BJ North, K Kaehlcke… - PLoS …, 2005 - journals.plos.org
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Tat protein is acetylated by the transcriptional
coactivator p300, a necessary step in Tat-mediated transactivation. We report here that Tat is …

Discovery of small-molecule degraders of the CDK9-cyclin T1 complex for targeting transcriptional addiction in prostate cancer

J Li, T Liu, Y Song, M Wang, L Liu, H Zhu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Aberrant hyperactivation of cyclins results in carcinogenesis and therapy resistance in
cancers. Direct degradation of the specific cyclin or cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)-cyclin …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular control of HIV-1 postintegration latency: implications for the development of new therapeutic strategies

L Colin, C Van Lint - Retrovirology, 2009 - Springer
The persistence of HIV-1 latent reservoirs represents a major barrier to virus eradication in
infected patients under HAART since interruption of the treatment inevitably leads to a …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of HIV‐1 gene expression by histone acetylation and factor recruitment at the LTR promoter

M Lusic, A Marcello, A Cereseto, M Giacca - The EMBO journal, 2003 - embopress.org
In HIV‐1 infected cells, the LTR promoter, once organized into chromatin, is transcriptionally
inactive in the absence of stimulation. To examine the chromosomal events involved in …