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] Genetic variation and function of the HIV-1 Tat protein

C Spector, AR Mele, B Wigdahl… - Medical Microbiology and …, 2019 - Springer
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) encodes a transactivator of transcription (Tat)
protein, which has several functions that promote viral replication, pathogenesis, and …

HIV-1 Tat primes and activates microglial NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated neuroinflammation

ET Chivero, ML Guo, P Periyasamy, K Liao… - Journal of …, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
Neuroinflammation associated with HIV-1 infection is a problem affecting∼ 50% of HIV-
infected individuals. NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome has …

Single-cell transcriptional landscapes reveal HIV-1–driven aberrant host gene transcription as a potential therapeutic target

R Liu, YHJ Yeh, A Varabyou, JA Collora… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Understanding HIV-1–host interactions can identify the cellular environment supporting HIV-
1 reactivation and mechanisms of clonal expansion. We developed HIV-1 SortSeq to isolate …

[HTML][HTML] HIV-1 Tat protein induces DNA damage in human peripheral blood B-lymphocytes via mitochondrial ROS production

R El-Amine, D Germini, VV Zakharova, T Tsfasman… - Redox biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with B-cell malignancies in
patients though HIV-1 is not able to infect B-cells. The rate of B-cell lymphomas in HIV …

Expression of human endogenous retrovirus type K (HML-2) is activated by the Tat protein of HIV-1

MJ Gonzalez-Hernandez, MD Swanson… - Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) make up 8% of the human genome. The
expression of HERV-K (HML-2), the family of HERVs that most recently entered the genome …

Regulation of HIV-1 latency by T-cell activation

SA Williams, WC Greene - Cytokine, 2007 - Elsevier
HIV-infected patients harbor∼ 105–106 memory CD4 T-cells that contain fully integrated but
transcriptionally silent HIV proviruses. While small in number, these latently infected cells …

HIV UTR, LTR, and epigenetic immunity

J Zhang, C Crumpacker - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The duel between humans and viruses is unending. In this review, we examine the HIV RNA
in the form of un-translated terminal region (UTR), the viral DNA in the form of long terminal …

Microglial HIV-1 expression: Role in HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorders

H Li, KA McLaurin, JM Illenberger, CF Mactutus… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The persistence of HIV-1 viral reservoirs in the brain, despite treatment with combination
antiretroviral therapy (cART), remains a critical roadblock for the development of a novel …

Retracted: aging is associated with altered inflammatory, arachidonic acid cascade, and synaptic markers, influenced by epigenetic modifications, in the human frontal …

VL Keleshian, HR Modi, SI Rapoport… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aging is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and is associated with cognitive decline.
However, underlying molecular mechanisms of brain aging are not clear. Recent studies …