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15-Lipoxygenase-1 induction impairs HIV-1 CD4 and CXCR4 receptor expression

Published in Law and Health Weekly, September 24th, 2005

15-Lipoxygenase-1 induction impairs HIV-1 CD4 and CXCR4 receptor expression in monocytes.

According to recent research from Germany, "The lipoxygenase pathway of immunocompetent cells has been related to HIV infection and interleukins-4 and -13 have been described as major regulators of this metabolic route."

"To explore whether 15-lipoxygenasel expression might impact the responsiveness of monocytic cells for HIV we induced expression of this enzyme by two independent ways (stable transfection of U937 cells and culturing of blood monocytes in vitro in the presence of granulocyte/monocyte colony stimulating factor and interleukin 4) and assayed the...

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