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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Lamar Fleming
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-57025 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Hladik Florian F Burgener Adam A Ballweber Lamar L Gottardo Raphael R Vojtech Lucia L Fourati Slim S Dai James Y JY Cameron Mark J MJ Strobl Johanna J Hughes Sean M SM Hoesley Craig C Andrew Philip P Johnson Sherri S Piper Jeanna J Friend David R DR Ball T Blake TB Cranston Ross D RD Mayer Kenneth H KH McElrath M Juliana MJ McGowan Ian I
eLife 20150203
Tenofovir gel is being evaluated for vaginal and rectal pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV transmission. Because this is a new prevention strategy, we broadly assessed its effects on the mucosa. In MTN-007, a phase-1, randomized, double-blinded rectal microbicide trial, we used systems genomics/proteomics to determine the effect of tenofovir 1% gel, nonoxynol-9 2% gel, placebo gel or no treatment on rectal biopsies (15 subjects/arm). We also treated primary vaginal epithelial cells from four h ...[more]