Mechanisms of HIV-1 neurotropism

R Dunfee, ER Thomas, PR Gorry, J Wang… - Current HIV …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infects macrophages and microglia in the CNS
and frequently causes neurocognitive impairment. Although antiviral therapy generally …

Molecular architectures of trimeric SIV and HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins on intact viruses: strain-dependent variation in quaternary structure

TA White, A Bartesaghi, MJ Borgnia… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
The initial step in target cell infection by human, and the closely related simian
immunodeficiency viruses (HIV and SIV, respectively) occurs with the binding of trimeric …

An alteration of human immunodeficiency virus gp41 leads to reduced CCR5 dependence and CD4 independence

BM Taylor, JS Foulke, R Flinko, A Heredia… - Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 infection requires functional interactions of the
viral surface (gp120) glycoprotein with cell surface CD4 and a chemokine coreceptor …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship of HIV-1 and SIV envelope glycoprotein trimer occupation and neutralization

ET Crooks, P Jiang, M Franti, S Wong, MB Zwick… - Virology, 2008 - Elsevier
Insights into the process of HIV-1 neutralization may assist rational vaccine design. Here, we
compared antibody neutralization against the JR-FL primary isolate and trimer binding …

Laser capture microdissection assessment of virus compartmentalization in the central nervous systems of macaques infected with neurovirulent simian …

K Matsuda, CR Brown, B Foley, R Goeken… - Journal of …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nonhuman primate-simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) models are powerful tools for
studying the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in the brain. Our …

Quaternary structures of HIV Env immunogen exhibit conformational vicissitudes and interface diminution elicited by ligand binding

CG Moscoso, Y Sun, S Poon, L Xing… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
The human immunodeficiency virus envelope protein is the key element mediating entry into
host cells. Conformational rearrangement of Env upon binding to the host CD4 receptor and …

Cell-specific temporal infection of the brain in a simian immunodeficiency virus model of human immunodeficiency virus encephalitis

KA Thompson, JJ Varrone… - Journal of …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Increasing evidence supports early brain infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Definitive temporal studies determining when and within which brain cells viral DNA is …

Truncating the gp41 cytoplasmic tail of simian immunodeficiency virus decreases sensitivity to neutralizing antibodies without increasing the envelope content of …

E White, F Wu, E Chertova, J Bess, JD Roser… - Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
An incomplete understanding of native human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian
immunodeficiency virus (SIV) envelope glycoproteins (Envs) impedes the development of …

[PDF][PDF] An amphipathic sequence in the cytoplasmic tail of HIV-1 Env alters cell tropism and modulates viral receptor specificity

AN Vzorov, C Yang, RW Compans - Acta Virol, 2015 - researchgate.net
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) 92UG046 Env protein, obtained from a
CD4-independent HIV-1 primary isolate (Zerhouni et al., 2004), has the ability to initiate an …

Stability of a receptor-binding active human immunodeficiency virus type 1 recombinant gp140 trimer conferred by intermonomer disulfide bonding of the V3 loop …

J Billington, TP Hickling, GH Munro, C Halai… - Journal of …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Stable trimeric forms of human immunodeficiency virus recombinant gp140 (rgp140) are
important templates for determining the structure of the glycoprotein to assist in our …