Article
Shift of clinical human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates from X4 to R5 and prevention of emergence of the syncytium-inducing phenotype by blockade of CXCR4.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 1999
Esté J A, Cabrera C, Blanco J, Gutierrez A, Bridger G, Henson G, Clotet B, Schols D, De Clercq E
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of X4 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) strains in HIV-1-infected individuals has been associated with CD4(+) T-cell depletion, HIV-mediated CD8(+) cell apoptosis, and an impaired humoral response. The bicyclam AMD3100, a selective antagonist of CXCR4, selected for the outgrowth of R5 virus after cultivation of mixtures of the laboratory-adapted R5 (BaL) and X4 (NL4-3) HIV strains in the...
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