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SUBMITTER: Li H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5756484 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of general virology 20160413 7
We have previously shown that the cellular RNase MCPIP1/regnase-1 potently blocks HIV-1 infection in resting CD4+ T-cells. As simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) encodes an accessory protein named Vpx, which enhances viral replication in resting CD4+ T-cells by degrading the cellular restriction factor SAMHD1, we investigated whether MCPIP1 restricts SIV infection and whether Vpx protein antagonizes MCPIP1-mediated restriction. In co-transfection studies, human MCPIP1 markedly reduced the produc ...[more]