Article
Simian immunodeficiency virus variants with differential T-cell and macrophage tropism use CCR5 and an unidentified cofactor expressed in CEMx174 cells for efficient entry.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 1997
Kirchhoff F, Pöhlmann S, Hamacher M, Means R E, Kraus T, Uberla K, Di Marzio P
Abstract excerpt
The recent identification of coreceptors that mediate efficient entry of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) suggests new therapeutic and preventive strategies. We analyzed simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) entry cofactors to investigate whether the macaque SIV model can be used as an e...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Factors
- Cell Line
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Envelope Protein gp120
- Humans
- Macrophages, Alveolar
- Membrane Fusion
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Proline
- Receptors, CCR5
