HIV-1 Tat Promotes Integrin-Mediated HIV Transmission to Dendritic Cells by Binding Env Spikes and Competes Neutralization by Anti-HIV Antibodies

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Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Monini, Paolo ^a   Cafaro, Aurelio ^a   Srivastava, Indresh K ^b   Moretti, Sonia ^a   Sharma, Victoria A ^b   Andreini, Claudia ^c   Chiozzini, Chiara ^a   Ferrantelli, Flavia ^a   Cossut, Maria R Pavone ^a   Tripiciano, Antonella ^a,e   Nappi, Filomena ^a   Longo, Olimpia ^a   Bellino, Stefania ^a   Picconi, Orietta ^a   Fanales Belasio, Emanuele ^a   Borsetti, Alessandra ^a   Toschi, Elena ^a   Schiavoni, Ilaria ^a   Bacigalupo, Ilaria ^a   Kan, Elaine ^b   Sernicola, Leonardo ^a   Maggiorella, Maria T ^a   Montin, Katy ^d   Porcu, Marco ^c   Leone, Patrizia ^a   Leone, Pasqualina ^a   Collacchi, Barbara ^a   Palladino, Clelia ^a   Ridolfi, Barbara ^a   Falchi, Mario ^a   Macchia, Iole ^a   Ulmer, Jeffrey B ^b   Buttò, Stefano ^a   Sgadari, Cecilia ^a   Magnani, Mauro ^g   Federico, Maurizio P M ^a   Titti, Fausto ^a   Banci, Lucia ^c   Dallocchio, Franco ^d   Rappuoli, Rino ^f   Ensoli, Fabrizio ^e   Barnett, Susan W ^b   Garaci, Enrico ^a   Ensoli, Barbara ^a   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; INTEGRIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; LYMPH NODE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIDS VACCINES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; BINDING SITES; DENDRITIC CELLS; ENV GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RECEPTORS, CCR5; RECEPTORS, CXCR4; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TAT GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VACCINES, VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE; VIRUS INTERNALIZATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84869059006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048781     Document Type: Article

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