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SUBMITTER: Wang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2675876 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Xu X Douglas Steven D SD Song Li L Wang Yan-Jian YJ Ho Wen-Zhe WZ
Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology 20080725 4
Neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R) antagonists suppress HIV-1 infection of macrophages in vitro. We have further investigated the anti-HIV-1 activity of aprepitant, a Food and Drug Administration-approved NK-1R antagonist, and its cytotoxic effect in the macrophage/microglia system. Aprepitant inhibited infection of macrophages with primary HIV-1 R5 strains (subtypes A, D, and H; UG275, BZ163, and BCF-KITA), while it had little effect on primary HIV-1 X4 strains (subtypes B and D, BZ167 and SE365). A ...[more]