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SUBMITTER: Ruelas DS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4447952 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ruelas Debbie S DS Chan Jonathan K JK Oh Eugene E Heidersbach Amy J AJ Hebbeler Andrew M AM Chavez Leonard L Verdin Eric E Rape Michael M Greene Warner C WC
The Journal of biological chemistry 20150414 22
The presence of a small number of infected but transcriptionally dormant cells currently thwarts a cure for the more than 35 million individuals infected with HIV. Reactivation of these latently infected cells may result in three fates: 1) cell death due to a viral cytopathic effect, 2) cell death due to immune clearance, or 3) a retreat into latency. Uncovering the dynamics of HIV gene expression and silencing in the latent reservoir will be crucial for developing an HIV-1 cure. Here we identif ...[more]