| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCommentaries Socioeconomic status (SES) as a determinant of adherence to treatment in HIV infected patients: a systematic review of the literature Matthew E Falagas, Efstathia A Zarkadoulia, Paraskevi A Pliatsika, and George Panos Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 13. Published online 2008 February 1. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-13.PMCID: PMC2267456 Hitting HIV where it hides Andrew I Dayton Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 15. Published online 2008 February 1. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-15.PMCID: PMC2253557 RNA interference: a multifaceted innate antiviral defense Ajit Kumar Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 17. Published online 2008 February 1. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-17.PMCID: PMC2259359 Turning up the volume on mutational pressure: Is more of a good thing always better? (A case study of HIV-1 Vif and APOBEC3) Satish K Pillai, Joseph K Wong, and Jason D Barbour Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 26. Published online 2008 March 13. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-26.PMCID: PMC2323022 APOBEC3G encapsidation into HIV-1 virions: which RNA is it? Klaus Strebel and Mohammad A Khan Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 55. Published online 2008 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-55.PMCID: PMC2491656 The aftermath of the Merck's HIV vaccine trial Enrico Iaccino, Marco Schiavone, Giuseppe Fiume, Ileana Quinto, and Giuseppe Scala Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 56. Published online 2008 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-56.PMCID: PMC2483718 The second chance story of HIV-1 DNA: Unintegrated? Not a problem! Yuntao Wu Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 61. Published online 2008 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-61.PMCID: PMC2483994 ESF-EMBO Symposium: Antiviral Applications of RNA Interference Olivier ter Brake, Joost Haasnoot, Jens Kurreck, and Ben Berkhout Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 81. Published online 2008 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-81.PMCID: PMC2557014 How to engage Cofilin Michael Bukrinsky Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 85. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-85.PMCID: PMC2567344 Sometimes the impact factor outshines the H index Johannes Hönekopp and Janet Kleber Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 88. Published online 2008 October 6. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-88.PMCID: PMC2569067 How HTLV-1 may subvert miRNAs for persistence and transformation Amel B Bouzar and Luc Willems Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 101. Published online 2008 November 12. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-101.PMCID: PMC2603043 Correspondence Isolation of a new HIV-2 group in the US Stephen M Smith, Deanna Christian, Valéry de Lame, Urvi Shah, Louise Austin, Rajeev Gautam, Aarti Gautam, Cristian Apetrei, and Preston A Marx Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 103. Published online 2008 November 14. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-103.PMCID: PMC2596787 Editorials Please comment, but with civility Kuan-Teh Jeang Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 35. Published online 2008 April 24. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-35.PMCID: PMC2383923 Remembering Ralph Grassmann (1957 – 2008) Klemens Pichler and Kuan-Teh Jeang Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 71. Published online 2008 August 4. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-71.PMCID: PMC2517596 Recognizing mid-career productivity: the 2008 Retrovirology Prize, call for nomination Kuan-Teh Jeang Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 80. Published online 2008 September 11. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-80.PMCID: PMC2546437 2008 Nobel prize in Medicine for discoverers of HIV Andrew ML Lever and Ben Berkhout Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 91. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-91.PMCID: PMC2579300 H-index, mentoring-index, highly-cited and highly-accessed: how to evaluate scientists? Kuan-Teh Jeang Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 106. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-106.PMCID: PMC2607307 HIV transmission should be decriminalized: HIV prevention programs depend on it Mark A Wainberg Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 108. Published online 2008 December 1. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-108.PMCID: PMC2613399 The 2008 Retrovirology Prize: Ben Berkhout and his RNA world Kuan-Teh Jeang Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 113. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-113.PMCID: PMC2615045 Hypothesis RNA silencing and HIV: A hypothesis for the etiology of the severe combined immunodeficiency induced by the virus Linda B Ludwig Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 79. Published online 2008 September 11. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-79.PMCID: PMC2553099 Research Role of receptor polymorphism and glycosylation in syncytium induction and host range variation of ecotropic mouse gammaretroviruses Yuhe Yan, Yong T Jung, Tiyun Wu, and Christine A Kozak Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 2. Published online 2008 January 10. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-2.PMCID: PMC2248597 Preclinical evaluation of lime juice as a topical microbicide candidate Patricia S Fletcher, Sarah J Harman, Adrienne R Boothe, Gustavo F Doncel, and Robin J Shattock Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 3. Published online 2008 January 11. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-3.PMCID: PMC2259360 Pvt1-encoded microRNAs in oncogenesis Gabriele B Beck-Engeser, Amy M Lum, Konrad Huppi, Natasha J Caplen, Bruce B Wang, and Matthias Wabl Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 4. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-4.PMCID: PMC2257975 Variation in HIV-1 R5 macrophage-tropism correlates with sensitivity to reagents that block envelope: CD4 interactions but not with sensitivity to other entry inhibitors Paul J Peters, Maria J Duenas-Decamp, W Matthew Sullivan, Richard Brown, Chiambah Ankghuambom, Katherine Luzuriaga, James Robinson, Dennis R Burton, Jeanne Bell, Peter Simmonds, Jonathan Ball, and Paul R Clapham Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 5. Published online 2008 January 18. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-5.PMCID: PMC2268948 Multiple independent origins of a protease inhibitor resistance mutation in salvage therapy patients Amit Kapoor, Beth Shapiro, Robert W Shafer, Nancy Shulman, Soo-Yon Rhee, and Eric L Delwart Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 7. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-7.PMCID: PMC2265302 The histone chaperone protein Nucleosome Assembly Protein-1 (hNAP-1) binds HIV-1 Tat and promotes viral transcription Chiara Vardabasso, Lara Manganaro, Marina Lusic, Alessandro Marcello, and Mauro Giacca Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 8. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-8.PMCID: PMC2266780 Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 protein Tax reduces histone levels James M Bogenberger and Paul J Laybourn Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 9. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-9.PMCID: PMC2276518 The carbohydrate at asparagine 386 on HIV-1 gp120 is not essential for protein folding and function but is involved in immune evasion Rogier W Sanders, Eelco van Anken, Alexei A Nabatov, I Marije Liscaljet, Ilja Bontjer, Dirk Eggink, Mark Melchers, Els Busser, Martijn M Dankers, Fedde Groot, Ineke Braakman, Ben Berkhout, and William A Paxton Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 10. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-10.PMCID: PMC2262092 Akt inhibitors as an HIV-1 infected macrophage-specific anti-viral therapy Pauline Chugh, Birgit Bradel-Tretheway, Carlos MR Monteiro-Filho, Vicente Planelles, Sanjay B Maggirwar, Stephen Dewhurst, and Baek Kim Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 11. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-11.PMCID: PMC2265748 The incidence of multidrug and full class resistance in HIV-1 infected patients is decreasing over time (2001–2006) in Portugal Jurgen Vercauteren, Koen Deforche, Kristof Theys, Michiel Debruyne, Luis Miguel Duque, Susana Peres, Ana Patricia Carvalho, Kamal Mansinho, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, and Ricardo Camacho Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 12. Published online 2008 February 1. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-12.PMCID: PMC2265747 Alteration of viral lipid composition by expression of the phospholipid floppase ABCB4 reduces HIV vector infectivity Niek P van Til, Kirstin M Heutinck, Roos van der Rijt, Coen C Paulusma, Michel van Wijland, David M Markusic, Ronald PJ Oude Elferink, and Jurgen Seppen Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 14. Published online 2008 February 1. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-14.PMCID: PMC2265746 Early and transient reverse transcription during primary deltaretroviral infection of sheep Carole Pomier, Maria T Sanchez Alcaraz, Christophe Debacq, Agnes Lançon, Pierre Kerkhofs, Lucas Willems, Eric Wattel, and Franck Mortreux Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 16. Published online 2008 February 1. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-16.PMCID: PMC2270868 HIV-1 infection induces changes in expression of cellular splicing factors that regulate alternative viral splicing and virus production in macrophages Dinushka Dowling, Somayeh Nasr-Esfahani, Chun H Tan, Kate O'Brien, Jane L Howard, David A Jans, Damian FJ Purcell, C Martin Stoltzfus, and Secondo Sonza Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 18. Published online 2008 February 4. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-18.PMCID: PMC2267807 Apoptosis resistance in HIV-1 persistently-infected cells is independent of active viral replication and involves modulation of the apoptotic mitochondrial pathway Pablo N Fernández Larrosa, Diego O Croci, Diego A Riva, Mariel Bibini, Renata Luzzi, Mónica Saracco, Susana E Mersich, Gabriel A Rabinovich, and Liliana Martínez Peralta Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 19. Published online 2008 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-19.PMCID: PMC2276517 Identification of a novel resistance (E40F) and compensatory (K43E) substitution in HIV-1 reverse transcriptase Marleen CDG Huigen, Petronella M van Ham, Loek de Graaf, Ron M Kagan, Charles AB Boucher, and Monique Nijhuis Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 20. Published online 2008 February 13. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-20.PMCID: PMC2276231 Characterization of a new 5' splice site within the caprine arthritis encephalitis virus genome: evidence for a novel auxiliary protein Stephen Valas, Morgane Rolland, Cécile Perrin, Gérard Perrin, and Robert Z Mamoun Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 22. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-22.PMCID: PMC2291067 Functional diversity of HIV-1 envelope proteins expressed by contemporaneous plasma viruses Tamara Nora, Francine Bouchonnet, Béatrice Labrosse, Charlotte Charpentier, Fabrizio Mammano, François Clavel, and Allan J Hance Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 23. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-23.PMCID: PMC2270869 Longitudinal microarray analysis of cell surface antigens on peripheral blood mononuclear cells from HIV+ individuals on highly active antiretroviral therapy Jing Qin Wu, Wayne B Dyer, Jeremy Chrisp, Larissa Belov, Bin Wang, and Nitin K Saksena Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 24. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-24.PMCID: PMC2276515 Exceptional molecular and coreceptor-requirement properties of molecular clones isolated from an Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 subtype C infection Prasanta K Dash, Nagadenahalli B Siddappa, Asokan Mangaiarkarasi, Aruna V Mahendarkar, Padmanabhan Roshan, Krishnamurthy Kumar Anand, Anita Mahadevan, Parthasarathy Satishchandra, Susarla K Shankar, Vinayaka R Prasad, and Udaykumar Ranga Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 25. Published online 2008 March 7. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-25.PMCID: PMC2292743 Aqueous extracts from peppermint, sage and lemon balm leaves display potent anti-HIV-1 activity by increasing the virion density Silvia Geuenich, Christine Goffinet, Stephanie Venzke, Silke Nolkemper, Ingo Baumann, Peter Plinkert, Jürgen Reichling, and Oliver T Keppler Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 27. Published online 2008 March 20. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-27.PMCID: PMC2288616 Evolution of DC-SIGN use revealed by fitness studies of R5 HIV-1 variants emerging during AIDS progression Marie Borggren, Johanna Repits, Carlotta Kuylenstierna, Jasminka Sterjovski, Melissa J Churchill, Damian FJ Purcell, Anders Karlsson, Jan Albert, Paul R Gorry, and Marianne Jansson Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 28. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-28.PMCID: PMC2330154 Porphyromonas gingivalis induces CCR5-dependent transfer of infectious HIV-1 from oral keratinocytes to permissive cells Rodrigo A Giacaman, Anil C Asrani, Kristin H Gebhard, Elizabeth A Dietrich, Anjalee Vacharaksa, Karen F Ross, and Mark C Herzberg Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 29. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-29.PMCID: PMC2292744 Extracellular ATP reduces HIV-1 transfer from immature dendritic cells to CD4+ T lymphocytes Corinne Barat, Caroline Gilbert, Michael Imbeault, and Michel J Tremblay Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 30. Published online 2008 March 28. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-30.PMCID: PMC2346478 Distinct efficacy of HIV-1 entry inhibitors to prevent cell-to-cell transfer of R5 and X4 viruses across a human placental trophoblast barrier in a reconstitution model in vitro Ahidjo Ayouba, Claude Cannou, Marie-Thérèse Nugeyre, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, and Elisabeth Menu Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 31. Published online 2008 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-31.PMCID: PMC2294141 HIV transfer between CD4 T cells does not require LFA-1 binding to ICAM-1 and is governed by the interaction of HIV envelope glycoprotein with CD4 Isabel Puigdomènech, Marta Massanella, Nuria Izquierdo-Useros, Raul Ruiz-Hernandez, Marta Curriu, Margarita Bofill, Javier Martinez-Picado, Manel Juan, Bonaventura Clotet, and Julià Blanco Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 32. Published online 2008 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-32.PMCID: PMC2359761 Characteristic expression of HTLV-1 basic zipper factor (HBZ) transcripts in HTLV-1 provirus-positive cells Tetsuya Usui, Katsunori Yanagihara, Kunihiro Tsukasaki, Ken Murata, Hiroo Hasegawa, Yasuaki Yamada, and Shimeru Kamihira Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 34. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-34.PMCID: PMC2386809 Selective killing of HIV-1-positive macrophages and T cells by the Rev-dependent lentivirus carrying anthrolysin O from Bacillus anthracis Jessica Young, Zhongwei Tang, Quan Yu, Dongyang Yu, and Yuntao Wu Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 36. Published online 2008 April 25. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-36.PMCID: PMC2391154 HIV-1 latency in actively dividing human T cell lines Rienk E Jeeninga, Ellen M Westerhout, Marja L van Gerven, and Ben Berkhout Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 37. Published online 2008 April 25. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-37.PMCID: PMC2387167 Human T-cell leukemia virus type 2 post-transcriptional control protein p28 is required for viral infectivity and persistence in vivo Brenda Yamamoto, Min Li, Matthew Kesic, Ihab Younis, Michael D Lairmore, and Patrick L Green Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 38. Published online 2008 May 12. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-38.PMCID: PMC2405800 Lysine methylation of HIV-1 Tat regulates transcriptional activity of the viral LTR Rachel Van Duyne, Rebecca Easley, Weilin Wu, Reem Berro, Caitlin Pedati, Zachary Klase, Kylene Kehn-Hall, Elizabeth K Flynn, David E Symer, and Fatah Kashanchi Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 40. Published online 2008 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-40.PMCID: PMC2412914 The host protein Staufen1 interacts with the Pr55Gag zinc fingers and regulates HIV-1 assembly via its N-terminus Laurent Chatel-Chaix, Karine Boulay, Andrew J Mouland, and Luc DesGroseillers Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 41. Published online 2008 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-41.PMCID: PMC2409373 Optimization of the doxycycline-dependent simian immunodeficiency virus through in vitro evolution Atze T Das, Bep Klaver, Mireille Centlivre, Alex Harwig, Marcel Ooms, Mark Page, Neil Almond, Fang Yuan, Mike Piatak, Jr, Jeffrey D Lifson, and Ben Berkhout Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 44. Published online 2008 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-44.PMCID: PMC2443169 Expression of parathyroid hormone-related protein during immortalization of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells by HTLV-1: Implications for transformation Murali VP Nadella, Sherry T Shu, Wessel P Dirksen, Nanda K Thudi, Kiran S Nadella, Soledad A Fernandez, Michael D Lairmore, Patrick L Green, and Thomas J Rosol Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 46. Published online 2008 June 9. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-46.PMCID: PMC2435116 HuR interacts with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase, and modulates reverse transcription in infected cells Julie Lemay, Priscilla Maidou-Peindara, Thomas Bader, Eric Ennifar, Jean-Christophe Rain, Richard Benarous, and Lang Xia Liu Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 47. Published online 2008 June 10. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-47.PMCID: PMC2441633 Host proteins interacting with the Moloney murine leukemia virus integrase: Multiple transcriptional regulators and chromatin binding factors Barbara Studamire and Stephen P Goff Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 48. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-48.PMCID: PMC2481268 Reconstitution of the myeloid and lymphoid compartments after the transplantation of autologous and genetically modified CD34+ bone marrow cells, following gamma irradiation in cynomolgus macaques Sonia Derdouch, Wilfried Gay, Didier Nègre, Stéphane Prost, Mikael Le Dantec, Benoît Delache, Gwenaelle Auregan, Thibault Andrieu, Jean-Jacques Leplat, François-Loïc Cosset, and Roger Le Grand Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 50. Published online 2008 June 19. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-50.PMCID: PMC2464606 A formylpeptide receptor, FPRL1, acts as an efficient coreceptor for primary isolates of human immunodeficiency virus Nobuaki Shimizu, Atsushi Tanaka, Takahisa Mori, Takahiro Ohtsuki, Aliful Hoque, Atsushi Jinno-Oue, Chatchawann Apichartpiyakul, Shigeru Kusagawa, Yutaka Takebe, and Hiroo Hoshino Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 52. Published online 2008 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-52.PMCID: PMC2453146 Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas' disease agent) reduces HIV-1 replication in human placenta Guillermina Laura Dolcini, María Elisa Solana, Guadalupe Andreani, Ana María Celentano, Laura María Parodi, Ana María Donato, Natalia Elissondo, Stella Maris González Cappa, Luis David Giavedoni, and Liliana Martínez Peralta Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 53. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-53.PMCID: PMC2464605 Characterization of APOBEC3G binding to 7SL RNA Daniel Bach, Shyam Peddi, Bastien Mangeat, Asvin Lakkaraju, Katharina Strub, and Didier Trono Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 54. Published online 2008 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-54.PMCID: PMC2494554 VSV-G pseudotyping rescues HIV-1 CA mutations that impair core assembly or stability Sonia Brun, Maxime Solignat, Bernard Gay, Eric Bernard, Laurent Chaloin, David Fenard, Christian Devaux, Nathalie Chazal, and Laurence Briant Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 57. Published online 2008 July 7. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-57.PMCID: PMC2474847 Mouse T-cells restrict replication of human immunodeficiency virus at the level of integration Hanna-Mari Tervo, Christine Goffinet, and Oliver T Keppler Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 58. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-58.PMCID: PMC2557013 Implication of TRIMalpha and TRIMCyp in interferon-induced anti-retroviral restriction activities Laetitia Carthagena, Mélanie C Parise, Mathieu Ringeard, Mounira K Chelbi-Alix, Uriel Hazan, and Sébastien Nisole Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 59. Published online 2008 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-59.PMCID: PMC2483995 Viral complementation allows HIV-1 replication without integration Huub C Gelderblom, Dimitrios N Vatakis, Sean A Burke, Steven D Lawrie, Gregory C Bristol, and David N Levy Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 60. Published online 2008 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-60.PMCID: PMC2474848 Modulation of microtubule assembly by the HIV-1 Tat protein is strongly dependent on zinc binding to Tat Caroline Egelé, Pascale Barbier, Pascal Didier, Etienne Piémont, Diane Allegro, Olivier Chaloin, Sylviane Muller, Vincent Peyrot, and Yves Mély Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 62. Published online 2008 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-62.PMCID: PMC2483996 Dominant negative mutant Cyclin T1 proteins inhibit HIV transcription by specifically degrading Tat Julie K Jadlowsky, Masanori Nojima, Antje Schulte, Matthias Geyer, Takashi Okamoto, and Koh Fujinaga Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 63. Published online 2008 July 11. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-63.PMCID: PMC2492875 Regulation of primate lentiviral RNA dimerization by structural entrapment Tayyba T Baig, Christy L Strong, J Stephen Lodmell, and Jean-Marc Lanchy Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 65. Published online 2008 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-65.PMCID: PMC2494553 Oral keratinocytes support non-replicative infection and transfer of harbored HIV-1 to permissive cells Anjalee Vacharaksa, Anil C Asrani, Kristin H Gebhard, Claudine E Fasching, Rodrigo A Giacaman, Edward N Janoff, Karen F Ross, and Mark C Herzberg Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 66. Published online 2008 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-66.PMCID: PMC2491655 HLA-C increases HIV-1 infectivity and is associated with gp120 Andrea Matucci, Paola Rossolillo, Miriam Baroni, Antonio G Siccardi, Alberto Beretta, and Donato Zipeto Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 68. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-68.PMCID: PMC2531131 New and old complex recombinant HIV-1 strains among patients with primary infection in 1996–2006 in France: The French ANRS CO06 primo cohort study Pierre Frange, Julie Galimand, Nicole Vidal, Cécile Goujard, Christiane Deveau, Faouzi Souala, Martine Peeters, Laurence Meyer, Christine Rouzioux, and Marie-Laure Chaix Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 69. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-69.PMCID: PMC2553414 Highly specific inhibition of leukaemia virus membrane fusion by interaction of peptide antagonists with a conserved region of the coiled coil of envelope Daniel Lamb, Alexander W Schüttelkopf, Daan MF van Aalten, and David W Brighty Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 70. Published online 2008 August 4. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-70.PMCID: PMC2533354 APOBEC3G-UBA2 fusion as a potential strategy for stable expression of APOBEC3G and inhibition of HIV-1 replication Lin Li, Dong Liang, Jing-yun Li, and Richard Y Zhao Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 72. Published online 2008 August 4. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-72.PMCID: PMC2535603 Nuclear import of Avian Sarcoma Virus integrase is facilitated by host cell factors Mark D Andrake, Monica M Sauter, Kim Boland, Andrew D Goldstein, Maryem Hussein, and Anna Marie Skalka Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 73. Published online 2008 August 7. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-73.PMCID: PMC2527327 Natural variation of HIV-1 group M integrase: Implications for a new class of antiretroviral inhibitors Soo-Yon Rhee, Tommy F Liu, Mark Kiuchi, Rafael Zioni, Robert J Gifford, Susan P Holmes, and Robert W Shafer Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 74. Published online 2008 August 7. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-74.PMCID: PMC2546438 Restriction by APOBEC3 proteins of endogenous retroviruses with an extracellular life cycle: ex vivo effects and in vivo "traces" on the murine IAPE and human HERV-K elements Cécile Esnault, Stéphane Priet, David Ribet, Odile Heidmann, and Thierry Heidmann Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 75. Published online 2008 August 14. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-75.PMCID: PMC2531183 A single site for N-linked glycosylation in the envelope glycoprotein of feline immunodeficiency virus modulates the virus-receptor interaction Brian J Willett, Elizabeth L McMonagle, Nicola Logan, Ayman Samman, and Margaret J Hosie Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 77. Published online 2008 August 22. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-77.PMCID: PMC2563026 The role of the humoral immune response in the molecular evolution of the envelope C2, V3 and C3 regions in chronically HIV-2 infected patients Pedro Borrego, José Maria Marcelino, Cheila Rocha, Manuela Doroana, Francisco Antunes, Fernando Maltez, Perpétua Gomes, Carlos Novo, Helena Barroso, and Nuno Taveira Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 78. Published online 2008 September 8. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-78.PMCID: PMC2563025 Homonuclear 1H NMR and circular dichroism study of the HIV-1 Tat Eli variant Jennifer D Watkins, Grant R Campbell, Hubert Halimi, and Erwann P Loret Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 83. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-83.PMCID: PMC2557015 Human T-cell leukemia virus type I infects human lung epithelial cells and induces gene expression of cytokines, chemokines and cell adhesion molecules Hiromitsu Teruya, Mariko Tomita, Masachika Senba, Chie Ishikawa, Maki Tamayose, Akiko Miyazato, Satomi Yara, Yuetsu Tanaka, Yoichiro Iwakura, Jiro Fujita, and Naoki Mori Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 86. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-86.PMCID: PMC2556696 Direct Vpr-Vpr Interaction in Cells monitored by two Photon Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Joëlle V Fritz, Pascal Didier, Jean-Pierre Clamme, Emmanuel Schaub, Delphine Muriaux, Charlotte Cabanne, Nelly Morellet, Serge Bouaziz, Jean-Luc Darlix, Yves Mély, and Hugues de Rocquigny Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 87. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-87.PMCID: PMC2562391 The V1-V3 region of a brain-derived HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein determines macrophage tropism, low CD4 dependence, increased fusogenicity and altered sensitivity to entry inhibitors Fiorella Rossi, Bianca Querido, Manideepthi Nimmagadda, Simon Cocklin, Sonia Navas-Martín, and Julio Martín-García Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 89. Published online 2008 October 6. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-89.PMCID: PMC2576352 Activation and detection of HTLV-I Tax-specific CTLs by Epitope expressing Single-Chain Trimers of MHC Class I in a rat model Takashi Ohashi, Mika Nagai, Hiroyuki Okada, Ryo Takayanagi, and Hisatoshi Shida Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 90. Published online 2008 October 8. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-90.PMCID: PMC2579301 Physical and in silico approaches identify DNA-PK in a Tax DNA-damage response interactome Emad Ramadan, Michael Ward, Xin Guo, Sarah S Durkin, Adam Sawyer, Marcelo Vilela, Christopher Osgood, Alex Pothen, and Oliver J Semmes Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 92. Published online 2008 October 15. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-92.PMCID: PMC2576351 Peptide P5 (residues 628–683), comprising the entire membrane proximal region of HIV-1 gp41 and its calcium-binding site, is a potent inhibitor of HIV-1 infection Huifeng Yu, Daniela Tudor, Annette Alfsen, Beatrice Labrosse, François Clavel, and Morgane Bomsel Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 93. Published online 2008 October 16. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-93.PMCID: PMC2585100 Anti-HTLV antibody profiling reveals an antibody signature for HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP) Peter D Burbelo, Elise Meoli, Hannah P Leahy, Jhanelle Graham, Karen Yao, Unsong Oh, John E Janik, Renaud Mahieux, Fatah Kashanchi, Michael J Iadarola, and Steven Jacobson Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 96. Published online 2008 October 20. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-96.PMCID: PMC2580768 Selective translational repression of HIV-1 RNA by Sam68DeltaC occurs by altering PABP1 binding to unspliced viral RNA Kim Marsh, Vanessa Soros, and Alan Cochrane Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 97. Published online 2008 October 28. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-97.PMCID: PMC2584037 Intragenic transcriptional cis-activation of the human immunodeficiency virus 1 does not result in allele-specific inhibition of the endogenous gene Alex De Marco, Chiara Biancotto, Anna Knezevich, Paolo Maiuri, Chiara Vardabasso, and Alessandro Marcello Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 98. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-98.PMCID: PMC2586024 Contribution of the C-terminal region within the catalytic core domain of HIV-1 integrase to yeast lethality, chromatin binding and viral replication Zaikun Xu, Yingfeng Zheng, Zhujun Ao, Martin Clement, Andrew J Mouland, Ganjam V Kalpana, Pierre Belhumeur, Éric A Cohen, and XiaoJian Yao Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 102. Published online 2008 November 14. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-102.PMCID: PMC2615443 Physiological properties of astroglial cell lines derived from mice with high (SAMP8) and low (SAMR1, ICR) levels of endogenous retrovirus Boe-Hyun Kim, Harry C Meeker, Hae-Young Shin, Jae-Il Kim, Byung-Hoon Jeong, Eun-Kyoung Choi, Richard I Carp, and Yong-Sun Kim Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 104. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-104.PMCID: PMC2607306 Induction of galectin-1 expression by HTLV-I Tax and its impact on HTLV-I infectivity Sonia Gauthier, Isabelle Pelletier, Michel Ouellet, Amandine Vargas, Michel J Tremblay, Sachiko Sato, and Benoit Barbeau Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 105. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-105.PMCID: PMC2613925 Human Immunodeficiency Virus type-1 reverse transcriptase exists as post-translationally modified forms in virions and cells Adam J Davis, Jillian M Carr, Christopher J Bagley, Jason Powell, David Warrilow, David Harrich, Christopher J Burrell, and Peng Li Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 115. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-115.PMCID: PMC2625352 Reviews 6th International Symposium on Retroviral Nucleocapsid Ben Berkhout, Robert Gorelick, Michael F Summers, Yves Mély, and Jean-Luc Darlix Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 21. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-21.PMCID: PMC2276516 Uracil within DNA: an actor of antiviral immunity Joséphine Sire, Gilles Quérat, Cécile Esnault, and Stéphane Priet Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 45. Published online 2008 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-45.PMCID: PMC2427051 Avian myeoloblastosis virus (AMV): only one side of the coin Bernard Perbal Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 49. Published online 2008 June 16. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-49.PMCID: PMC2442608 HIV-1 Vif, APOBEC, and Intrinsic Immunity Ritu Goila-Gaur and Klaus Strebel Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 51. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-51.PMCID: PMC2443170 The HTLV-1 Tax interactome Mathieu Boxus, Jean-Claude Twizere, Sébastien Legros, Jean-François Dewulf, Richard Kettmann, and Luc Willems Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 76. Published online 2008 August 14. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-76.PMCID: PMC2533353 HIV-1 Nef: at the crossroads John L Foster and J Victor Garcia Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 84. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-84.PMCID: PMC2563024 Multi-stage Friend murine erythroleukemia: molecular insights into oncogenic cooperation Françoise Moreau-Gachelin Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 99. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-99.PMCID: PMC2585586 Integrase and integration: biochemical activities of HIV-1 integrase Olivier Delelis, Kevin Carayon, Ali Saïb, Eric Deprez, and Jean-François Mouscadet Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 114. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-114.PMCID: PMC2615046 Short Reports Expression of infectious murine leukemia viruses by RAW264.7 cells, a potential complication for studies with a widely used mouse macrophage cell line Janet W Hartley, Leonard H Evans, Kim Y Green, Zohreh Naghashfar, Alfonso R Macias, Patricia M Zerfas, and Jerrold M Ward Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 1. Published online 2008 January 4. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-1.PMCID: PMC2253558 Human endogenous retrovirus-FRD envelope protein (syncytin 2) expression in normal and trisomy 21-affected placenta André Malassiné, Jean-Louis Frendo, Sandra Blaise, Karen Handschuh, Pascale Gerbaud, Vassilis Tsatsaris, Thierry Heidmann, and Danièle Evain-Brion Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 6. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-6.PMCID: PMC2245979 Immunotherapy with internally inactivated virus loaded dendritic cells boosts cellular immunity but does not affect feline immunodeficiency virus infection course Giulia Freer, Donatella Matteucci, Paola Mazzetti, Francesca Tarabella, Enrica Ricci, Leonia Bozzacco, Antonio Merico, Mauro Pistello, Luca Ceccherini-Nelli, and Mauro Bendinelli Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 33. Published online 2008 April 17. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-33.PMCID: PMC2373306 Refined study of the interaction between HIV-1 p6 late domain and ALIX Carine Lazert, Nathalie Chazal, Laurence Briant, Denis Gerlier, and Jean-Claude Cortay Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 39. Published online 2008 May 13. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-39.PMCID: PMC2397435 Nef does not contribute to replication differences between R5 pre-AIDS and AIDS HIV-1 clones from patient ACH142 Kevin C Olivieri, Robert M Scoggins, Brooks Broderick, Maria LC Powell, Melissa A Alexander, Marie-Louise Hammarskjöld, David Rekosh, and David Camerini Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 42. Published online 2008 May 29. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-42.PMCID: PMC2440386 Highly diversified multiply drug-resistant HIV-1 quasispecies in PBMCs: a case report Yudong Quan, Bluma G Brenner, André Dascal, and Mark A Wainberg Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 43. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-43.PMCID: PMC2426714 CD45 immunoaffinity depletion of vesicles from Jurkat T cells demonstrates that exosomes contain CD45: no evidence for a distinct exosome/HIV-1 budding pathway Lori V Coren, Teresa Shatzer, and David E Ott Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 64. Published online 2008 July 16. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-64.PMCID: PMC2490705 Impaired nuclear import and viral incorporation of Vpr derived from a HIV long-term non-progressor Leon Caly, Nitin K Saksena, Sabine C Piller, and David A Jans Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 67. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-67.PMCID: PMC2515335 beta-estradiol attenuates the anti-HIV-1 efficacy of Stavudine (D4T) in primary PBL Mingjie Zhang, Qingsheng Huang, Yong Huang, Owen Wood, Weishi Yuan, Caren Chancey, Sylvester Daniel, Maria Rios, Indira Hewlett, Kathleen A Clouse, and Andrew I Dayton Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 82. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-82.PMCID: PMC2556697 SHIV-1157i and passaged progeny viruses encoding R5 HIV-1 clade C env cause AIDS in rhesus monkeys Michael Humbert, Robert A Rasmussen, Ruijiang Song, Helena Ong, Prachi Sharma, Agnès L Chenine, Victor G Kramer, Nagadenahalli B Siddappa, Weidong Xu, James G Else, Francis J Novembre, Elizabeth Strobert, Shawn P O'Neil, and Ruth M Ruprecht Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 94. Published online 2008 October 17. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-94.PMCID: PMC2576354 Cofilin activation in peripheral CD4 T cells of HIV-1 infected patients: a pilot study Yuntao Wu, Alyson Yoder, Dongyang Yu, Weifeng Wang, Juan Liu, Tracey Barrett, David Wheeler, and Karen Schlauch Retrovirology. 2008; 5: 95. Published online 2008 October 17. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-5-95.PMCID: PMC2576353 |