AIDS Weekly

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Cul5-E3 ligase is a common pathway hijacked by HIV-1 Vif to defeat h-A3F and h-A3G

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Findings in HIV/AIDS pathogenesis provide new insights

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV infection route is a factor in the broad humoral immune response in intravenous drug users

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV reactivation by phorbol esters or T-cell receptor ligation requires PKCalpha and PKCtheta

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV-1 Nef-induced FasL induction and bystander killing requires p38 MAPK activation

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HLA-A2 downmodulation mechanisms similar in primary T cells and macrophages

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Lipid raft integrity critical for HIV Env and Gag coclustering and virological synapse assembly

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Morphine inhibits anti-HIV activity of CD8+ cells in HIV latently infected cells

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Type I IFN production is profoundly and transiently impaired in primary HIV-1 infection

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Very early in life, HIV-1-specific CTL can select for viral escape variants

HIV/AIDS Pediatrics Research - Decreased bone mass in HIV-infected children due to disease severity and growth delay

HIV/AIDS Prevention - India's HIV/AIDS pandemic threatens economic and social fabric

HIV/AIDS Prognosis - APOBEC3G/CEM15 mRNA levels inversely associated with HIV viremia

HIV/AIDS Prognosis - HLA-B63 is associated with low HIV RNA

HIV/AIDS Research - Procyon announces positive preclinical results for lead HIV protease inhibitor

HIV/AIDS Therapy - AIDS Support Organization opens AIDS counseling and training center in Uganda

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Abacavir/lamivudine/zidovudine improves HAART adherence in HIV-1-infected patients

HIV/AIDS Therapy - HIV protease inhibitor ritonavir increases endothelial monolayer permeability

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Trials comparing therapies for HIV/AIDS, related Kaposi's sarcoma are urgently needed in sub-Saharan Africa

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Updated HIV guidelines support fusion inhibitor plus protease inhibitor therapy

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - CD8⁺ lymphocytes do not protect against acute SIV superinfection

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - HIV trials feasible with fewer animals if subjects repeatedly challenged with low doses

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - HIV-1 Env clones developed for standardized assessments of vaccine-elicited neutralizing antibodies

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - Research collaboration formed to develop topical delivery of therapeutic DNA vaccines

HIV/AIDS-Related Atherosclerosis - HIV-1 Tat induces VCAM-1 expression in pulmonary artery endothelial cells

HIV/AIDS-Related Infection - Incidence of esophageal candidiasis in AIDS patients in Europe is declining

HIV/AIDS-Related Infection - Nocardiosis to be considered in HIV patients with low CD4 counts

HIV/AIDS-Related Infection - Oral lesions are indicators of infection in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma - AIDS-Kaposi sarcoma patients treated with HAART have a high clinical response rate

HIV/AIDS-Related Mental Health - Depression is not associated with HIV disease status

Immunodeficiency - Natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity spawns liver failure

Malaria Drugs - HIV-1 protease inhibitors have antimalarial activity

Philanthropy - New HIV/AIDS collaboration launched in Kenya

Sociology Research - Many health workers in Nigeria discriminate against patients with HIV/AIDS

Tuberculosis - Recurrent tuberculosis in HIV-infected children is common in a high-burden TB setting

Virology - HIV and hepatitis C virus infection elicit similarities in natural killer cells

Virology - Liver enzyme flares require scrutiny in HIV-HCV coinfected patients beginning therapy

Virology - Rab9 GTPase required for HIV-1, filovirus and measles virus replication

Virology - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of virology