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HIV/AIDS Therapy

Novel method for viral reservoir eradication shows promise

Published in AIDS Weekly, November 11th, 2002

by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe have identified a novel treatment strategy for eradicating latent viral reservoirs in HIV patients.

"The transcription factor NF-kappaB plays a central role in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) activation pathway. HIV-1 transcription is also regulated by protein acetylation," explained Vincent Quivy and colleagues at the Free University of Brussels and other institutions in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.

A pair of agents that inhibit protein deacetylation can be used to disrupt the HIV latency process, preventing the virus from retreating to cellular reservoirs,...

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