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Evolution of coreceptor utilization to escape CCR5 antagonist therapy.
Virology - 1 Jul 2016
Zhang Jie, Gao Xiang, Martin John, Rosa Bruce, Chen Zheng, Mitreva Makedonka, Henrich Timothy, Kuritzkes Daniel, Ratner Lee
Abstract excerpt
The HIV-1 envelope interacts with coreceptors CCR5 and CXCR4 in a dynamic, multi-step process, its molecular details not clearly delineated. Use of CCR5 antagonists results in tropism shift and therapeutic failure. Here we describe a novel approach using full-length patient-derived gp160 quasispecies libraries cloned into HIV-1 molecular clones, their separation based on phenotypic tropism in vitro, and deep...
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