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Preclinical shock strategies to reactivate latent HIV-1: An update
DARCIS, Gilles; Van Driessche, B.; Van Lint, C.
2016In Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 11 (4), p. 388-393
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Keywords :
HIV-1 latency; DNA methylation; Human immunodeficiency virus 1; Human immunodeficiency virus 1 infection; Review; T lymphocyte activation; T wave; HIV Infections; Antiviral Agents; Drug Therapy, Combination; HIV-1; Humans; Transcription, Genetic; Virus Activation; Virus Latency
Abstract :
[en] Purpose of review The 'shock and kill' strategy consists of activating HIV-1 expression to allow latently infected cells to die from viral cytopathic effects or host cytolytic immune effectors. This strategy relies on small molecules, called latency reversing agents, which activate HIV transcription. Recent findings Several mechanisms operating at the transcriptional level are involved in the establishment and maintenance of HIV-1 latency, including the absence of crucial inducible host transcription factors, epigenetic silencing, and the sequestration of the positive transcription elongation factor B. Progresses made toward the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of HIV-1 transcriptional repression have led to the identification of latency reversing agents that activate HIV transcription, such as histone deacetylase inhibitors or protein kinase C agonists. Multiple studies have recently pointed interesting ways to optimize the shock strategy by using combinations of latency reversing agents with an appropriate time schedule. Summary Combining latency reversing agents appears as one potential strategy for therapy against HIV-1 latency. Copyright © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
Disciplines :
Immunology & infectious disease
Author, co-author :
DARCIS, Gilles ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service des maladies infectieuses - médecine interne
Van Driessche, B.;  Service of Molecular Virology, Département de Biologie Moléculaire (DBM), UniversitéLibre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, Gosselies, Belgium
Van Lint, C.;  Service of Molecular Virology, Département de Biologie Moléculaire (DBM), UniversitéLibre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, Gosselies, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Preclinical shock strategies to reactivate latent HIV-1: An update
Publication date :
2016
Journal title :
Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS
ISSN :
1746-630X
Publisher :
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Volume :
11
Issue :
4
Pages :
388-393
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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