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Volume 3(Suppl 1);  2006
Oral Presentation
Update on global HIV prevention research
Sten H Vermund
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S1. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S1.
PMCID: PMC1716906
Chemokine receptor CCR5 mediates resistance to West Nile Virus infection in mouse and man
Philip Murphy
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S2. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S2.
PMCID: PMC1716927
Genetic variation in HIV-1C: implications for prevention and treatment
Max Essex
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S3. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S3.
PMCID: PMC1716938
HIV-1 subtype C viruses rapidly develop K65R
Mark A Wainberg, Florence Doualla-Bell, Tedani Gaolatte, Madisa Mine, Max Essex, and Bluma Brenner
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S4. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S4.
PMCID: PMC1716949
The use of cryo electron microscopy to reveal the distribution and 3D structure of AIDS virus envelope spikes
P Zhu, J Liu, J Bess, Jr, E Chertova, JD Lifson, H Grisé, G Ofek, KA Taylor, and KH Roux
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S5. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S5.
PMCID: PMC1716960
History of HAART – the true story of how effective multi-drug therapy was developed for treatment of HIV disease
Martin Delaney
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S6. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S6.
PMCID: PMC1716971
Inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus type I
Daria J Hazuda
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S7. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S7.
PMCID: PMC1716982
Development of Bevirimat (PA-457): first-in-class HIV maturation inhibitor
Graham P Allaway
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S8. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S8.
PMCID: PMC1716993
An unprecedented and simple gp120 switch mechanism enables HIV-1 to overcome multiple entry inhibitors and tropism limitations
Emily Platt, James Durnin, and David Kabat
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S9. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S9.
PMCID: PMC1717004
Attacking latent HIV: towards eradication of HIV infection
DM Margolis
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S10. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S10.
PMCID: PMC1716907
HIV replication and evolution in patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy
Robert F Siliciano
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S11. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S11.
PMCID: PMC1716918
Monoclonal antibodies and small-molecules as distinct subclasses of CCR5-targeted therapies for HIV-1
William C Olson
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S12. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S12.
PMCID: PMC1716919
The chemistry and biology of KP-1461, a selective nucleoside mutagen for HIV therapy
Kevin Harris, Dmitri Sergueev, and John Reno
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S13. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S13.
PMCID: PMC1716920
Human and chicken antibodies to CCR5-ECL1 block mucosal and systemic HIV infection
Lucia Lopalco, Claudia Pastori, Morgane Bomsel, Alberto Clivio, Chiara Alberti, Lorenzo Diomede, Renato Longhi, Giorgio Colombo, Roberto Consonni, and Adriano Lazzarin
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S14. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S14.
PMCID: PMC1716921
Neutralizing anti-Tat antibodies prolonged HAART interruption in vaccines in a prospective structured interruption study
Nathan Clumeck, Philippe Hermans, Daniel Zagury, Hélène Le Buanec, Arsène Burny, Bernard Bizzini, Bruce Gilliam, Robert Redfield, and Robert Gallo
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S15. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S15.
PMCID: PMC1716922
Elite control of HIV infection: implications for vaccines
Florencia Pereyra, Marylyn M Addo, Daniel E Kaufmann, Toshiyuki Miura, Almas Rathod, Brett Baker, Alicja Trocha, Peggy Ueda, Rachel Rosenberg, Daniel Cohen, David Stone, Yang Liu, Terri Wrin, Susan Buchbinder, Christos J Petropoulos, Eric Rosenberg, and Bruce D Walker
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S16. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S16.
PMCID: PMC1716923
Overcoming CD4 deficiency to induce long-lived memory CD8+ CTL
SangKon Oh, Liyanage P Perera, Thomas A Waldmann, and Jay A Berzofsky
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S17. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S17.
PMCID: PMC1716924
Acute infection by SIV: massive immunological damage
Mario Roederer
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S18. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S18.
PMCID: PMC1716925
A multiclade DNA/Ad vaccines for AIDS: the present and next generation
Gary J Nabel
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S19. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S19.
PMCID: PMC1716926
Virus-specific cellular immune correlates of survival in vaccinated monkeys after SIV challenge
Norman Letvin
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S20. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S20.
PMCID: PMC1716928
Prediction of B-cell epitopes – "Step 1" for rational vaccine design
Jonathan M Gershoni
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S21. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S21.
PMCID: PMC1716929
Design clues from functional constraints and broadly neutralizing antibodies
Tongqing Zhou, Ling Xu, Barna Dey, Ann J Hessell, Shahzad Majeed, Donald Van Ryk, Shi-Hua Xiang, Xinzhen Yang, Mei-Yun Zhang, Michael B Zwick, James Arthos, Dennis R Burton, Dimiter S Dimitrov, Joseph Sodroski, Richard Wyatt, Gary J Nabel, and Peter D Kwong
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S22. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S22.
PMCID: PMC1716930
Focusing the immune response on the V3 loop of HIV-1 gp120 induces cross-clade neutralizing
Susan Zolla-Pazner, Sandra Sharpe-Cohen, Chavdar Krachmarov, Shixia Wang, Abraham Pinter, and Shan Lu
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S23. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S23.
PMCID: PMC1716931
Misguiding cues used by HIV to thwart protective immunity
EL Reinherz, D Keskin, Z Qiao, and M Kim
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S24. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S24.
PMCID: PMC1716932
CD4-Induced epitopes in HIV infection
Anthony DeVico, Timothy Fouts, George Lewis, Karla Godfrey, Kate Bobb, Ilea Harris, Lindsey Hocker, Lauren Hudacik, and Ranajit Pal
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S25. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S25.
PMCID: PMC1716933
Non-neutralizing antibodies and vaccine-induced protection
Thorsten Demberg, Ruth H Florese, V Raul Gomez-Roman, Kay Larsen, Koen KA Van Rompay, Marta L Marthas, David Venzon, VS Kalyanaraman, Ranajit Pal, Susan W Barnett, Aurelio Cafaro, Barbara Ensoli, and Marjiorie Robert-Guroff
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S26. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S26.
PMCID: PMC1716934
Antibody mediated protection of immunized macaques against pathogenic SHIV challenge
Indresh K Srivastava, Elaine Kan, Yide Sun, Harold Legg, Queency Lee, Brian Burke, Catherine Greer, Ying Lian, Leonidas Stamatatos, Jeffrey B Ulmer, Michael Vajdy, John Donnelly, Chris Miller, and Susan W Barnett
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S27. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S27.
PMCID: PMC1716935
Structured particles for antigen presentation
L Buonaguro, ML Tornesello, GK Lewis, and FM Buonaguro
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S28. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S28.
PMCID: PMC1716936
Any progress for HIV vaccines to come?
Hans Wigzell
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S29. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S29.
PMCID: PMC1716937
Novel strategy for generation of mucosal immune responses against HIV-1 following systemic vaccination
Michele A Kutzler, Kimberly A Schoenly, Karuppiah Muthumani, Rose M Parkinson, Henry Maquire, Kenneth Ugen, and DB Weiner
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S30. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S30.
PMCID: PMC1716939
Disseminated and sustained HIV-infection in CD34+ cord blood cell transplanted Rag2-/-gc-/- mice
Stefan Baenziger, Roxane Tussiwand, Erika Schlaepfer, Luca Mazzucchelli, Mathias Heikenwalder, Michael O Kurrer, Silvia Behnke, Joachim Frey, Annette Oxenius, Helen Joller, Adriano Aguzzi, Markus G Manz, and Roberto F Speck
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S31. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S31.
PMCID: PMC1716940
T cells are depleted in HCV-induced hepatocellular carcinoma patients: possible role of apoptosis and p53
Sherif A Ibrahim, Sayed F Abdelwahab, Mona M Mohamed, Ahmed M Osman, Eman Fathy, Kamal S Al-Badry, Nabil Al-Kady, Gamal Esmat, and Maged M Al-Sherbiny
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S32. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S32.
PMCID: PMC1716941
Evidence for replication of human endogenous retroviruses type-K (HERV-K) in HIV-1 positive patients
Rafael Contreras-Galindo, Angie Contreras-Galindo, Eric Lorenzo, and Yasuhiro Yamamura
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S33. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S33.
PMCID: PMC1716942
Effect of site-specific de-glycosylation on HIV gp120-specific CD4 T cell responses
Hualin Li, Michael Tuen, Sandra Cohen, Maria Luisa Visciano, and Catarina Hioe
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S34. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S34.
PMCID: PMC1716943
HIV-2 gene product-specific T cell responses and viraemia control
Aleksandra Leligdowicz, Louis-Marie Yindom, Assan Jaye, Tao Dong, Abraham Alabi, Ramu Sarge-N'jie, Harr Njai, Andrew McMichael, Hilton Whittle, and Sarah Rowland-Jones
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S35. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S35.
PMCID: PMC1716944
Detection of broad functional gag-specific CD4+ T cell responses in HIV-1-infected subjects following therapeutic immunization with rMVA expressing an HIV-1 gag immunogen
Beatrice Ondondo, Hongbing Yang, Tao Dong, Kati de Gleria, Annie Suttill, Christopher Conlon, Denise Brown, Patricia Williams, Paul Bowness, Sarah L Rowland-Jones, Tomáš Hanke, Andrew McMichael, and Lucy Dorrell
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S36. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S36.
PMCID: PMC1716945
Development of a live topical microbicide for women
Qiang Xu, Laurel Lagenaur, Xiaowen Liu, Yang Liu, Rosa Yu, Kim Wells, Daniel Tsai, Yvonne Sweeney, Srinivas Rao, Dean Hamer, Dorothy Patton, Thomas Parks, and Peter Lee
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S37. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S37.
PMCID: PMC1716946
Immune-based therapy using gamma interferon ingaron in the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) not previously highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
Auwal Yola, Tamara Sologub, Vitaly Nechaev, and Alexandr Ivanov
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S38. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S38.
PMCID: PMC1716947
CCR5 and CXCR4 antagonist and agonist binding sites
Martin Teintze, Royce Wilkinson, Paul Grieco, John Mills, and Edward Dratz
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S39. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S39.
PMCID: PMC1716948
A novel animal model for the study of AIDS and non-AIDS associated skin disorders
Filiberto Cedeno-Laurent, April Deng, Anthony Gaspari, J Roberto Trujillo, and Joseph Bryant
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S40. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S40.
PMCID: PMC1716950
Transcription factor binding aites in the pol gene intragenic regulatory region of HIV-1 are important for virus infectivity
Stéphane de Walque, Caroline Vanhulle, Nathalie Vandenhoudt, Benoît Van Driessche, Arsène Burny, and Carine Van Lint
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S41. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S41.
PMCID: PMC1716951
M-2 peptide: A potential immuno-modulator of gp120 conformation
Anna Roitburd, Gal Dela, and Jonathan M Gershoni
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S42. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S42.
PMCID: PMC1716952
HIV-1 Tat and T cell apoptosis
Peter H Krammer
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S43. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S43.
PMCID: PMC1716953
HIV-1 pathogenesis: IFN-alpha-dependent and -independent mechanisms of T cell death and unresponsiveness
Jean-Philippe Herbeuval, Adriano Boasso, Andrew W Hardy, and Gene M Shearer
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S44. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S44.
PMCID: PMC1716954
HIV infection destabilizes a targeted subset of the gamma/delta T cell repertoire
Andrew M Hebbeler, Nadia Propp, Cristiana Cairo, Jean-Saville Cummings, Charles Davis, Robert R Redfield, and C David Pauza
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S45. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S45.
PMCID: PMC1716955
The C5 region of HIV-1 gp120 binds specific
A Dalgleish, B Austen, J Heeney, and M Cadogan
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S46. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S46.
PMCID: PMC1716956
Why are pathogenic SIV and HIV infections characterized by high level immune activation when other chronic virus infection are not? Lessons from nonpathogenic SIV infection in natural host species
Silvija Staprans, Sara Klucking, Guido Silvestri, Rahul Chavan, Ashley Barry, and Mark Feinberg
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S47. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S47.
PMCID: PMC1716957
Harnessing RNA interference to prevent or treat HSV-2 and HIV
Judy Lieberman
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S48. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S48.
PMCID: PMC1716958
Microbicide development: multiple targets, multiple mechanisms
Robin Shattock
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S49. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S49.
PMCID: PMC1716959
Live microbial microbicides for HIV
Dean Hamer, Louise McHugh, Margaret McKinney, Chris Richards, Kevin Schully, Laurel Lagenaur, and Srinivas Rao
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S50. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S50.
PMCID: PMC1716961
Entry inhibitors as topical microbicides to prevent HIV-1 sexual transmission
John P Moore
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S51. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S51.
PMCID: PMC1716962
Highly potent, fully recombinant RANTES analogues represent promising new candidate microbicides
Oliver Hartley
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S52. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S52.
PMCID: PMC1716963
Development of pre-clinical and clinical models to predict the efficacy and safety of vaginal microbicides
Betsy C Herold
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S53. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S53.
PMCID: PMC1716964
Multiple dosage forms of the NNRTI microbicide dapivirine: product development and evaluation
Joseph Romano
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S54. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S54.
PMCID: PMC1716965
Influenza pandemics: past and future
Peter Palese
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S55. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S55.
PMCID: PMC1716966
Biology of mammalian mobile DNA
Haig H Kazazian, Daria Babushok, Christine Courtney, Hiroki Kano, Eric Ostertag, Maria del Carmen Seleme, and Nuo Yang
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S56. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S56.
PMCID: PMC1716967
Self-inactivation of HIV by its own RT/RNase H
K Moelling, A Matskevich, L Elzaouk, J Heinrich, JS Jung, T Kwok, and S Mathur
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S57. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S57.
PMCID: PMC1716968
Exploiting the activity of VP22 to enhance the delivery of antigens encoded by DNA vaccine plasmids
Vidia Roopchand, Dorys Garcia-Hand, Kangjian Wu, Emily Binder, and Maninder Sidhu
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S59. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S59.
PMCID: PMC1716970
Role of anti-CD4-binding site antibodies in modulating gp120-specific CD4 T cell and antibody responses
ML Visciano, M Tuen, J Robinson, MK Gorny, and CE Hioe
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S60. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S60.
PMCID: PMC1716972
Identification of human monoclonal antibodies specific for CCR5 from an antibody library derived from HIV-infected long-term non-progressors
Mei-Yun Zhang, Bang Vu, Chih-chin Huang, Igor Sidirov, Vidita Choudhly, Peter D Kwong, and Dimiter S Dimitrov
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S61. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S61.
PMCID: PMC1716973
Accelerated progression to AIDS in macaques coinfected with simian immunodeficiency virus and human herpesvirus 6A
Paolo Lusso, Richard W Crowley, Mauro S Malnati, Maurilio Ponzoni, Clelia Di Serio, Angelique Biancotto, Phillip D Markham, and Robert C Gallo
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S62. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S62.
PMCID: PMC1716974
HIV interactions with herpes viruses in human lyphoid tissues
Leonid Margolis
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S63. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S63.
PMCID: PMC1716975
The emerging role of HHV-6 in neurologic disease: lesson from multiple sclerosis and epilepsy
Steven Jacobson
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S64. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S64.
PMCID: PMC1716976
Characterization of specific HHV-6 and cell cycle genes implicated in virus-mediated G1/S cell-cycle arrest of glial precursors
David J Mock, Pauline Chugh, Baek Kim, Christoph Pröschel, Jöerg Dietrich, Frederick Strathmann, Benjamin M Blumberg, and Margot Mayer-Pröschel
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S65. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S65.
PMCID: PMC1716977
Kaposi (KS) pathogenesis: cell origin, HHV-8 permissiveness, proliferation, genomic instability
P Biberfeld, P Pyakurel, F Pak, P Ojala, AR Mwakigonja, EE Kaaya, and E Castanos-Velez
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S66. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S66.
PMCID: PMC1716978
Inflammatory angiogenesis as a target for prevention and therapy: Kaposi's sarcoma and HIV tat as models
Adriana Albini, N Ferrari, F Tosetti, G Fassina, R Benelli, U Pfeffer, and DM Noonan
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S67. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S67.
PMCID: PMC1716979
Ritonavir inhibits NF-AT activation through modulation of the PI-3 kinase/Akt Ppathway
Shibani Pati, Anh Thu Nguyen, William Reid, J Scott Foulke, Jr, Anjana Yadav, Fabio Romerio, Frank Weichold, and Marvin Reitz
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S68. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S68.
PMCID: PMC1716980
The HHV-8 chemokine receptor vGPCR triggers autonomous proliferation of endothelial cells
Sergio A Lira
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S69. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S69.
PMCID: PMC1716981
Chemotactic activity of HIV-1 Nef for human monocytes
MH Lehmann, S Walter, L Ylisastigui, F Striebel, V Ovod, M Geyer, JC Gluckman, and V Erfle
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S70. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S70.
PMCID: PMC1716983
The human CD3 g gene promoter is controlled by an RNA element that binds P-TEFb and is negatively regulated by HIV-1 Tat
BM Badran, M Ravoet, H Akl, G Dobirta, C Equeter, G Manfouo-Foutsop, B Stamatopoulos, H Le Buanec, A Burny, and KE Willard-Gallo
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S71. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S71.
PMCID: PMC1716984
Immune activation, viral replication and mucosal depletion
Zvi Grossman
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S72. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S72.
PMCID: PMC1716985
HIV-1 infection and CD4 T cell depletion in humanized Rag2-/-yc-/- mice
Bradford Berges, William Wheat, Brent Palmer, and Ramesh Akkina
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S73. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S73.
PMCID: PMC1716986
Parallel dysregulation across psychoimmunological and cardiovascular response systems in HIV+ outpatients
Lydia R Temoshok, Rebecca L Wald, Lingling Sun, and Alfredo Garzino-Demo
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S74. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S74.
PMCID: PMC1716987
Toward a glycopeptide-based HIV-1 vaccine
Lai-Xi Wang, Bing Li, Hengguang Li, and Jinsong Wang
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S75. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S75.
PMCID: PMC1716988
Gene expression patterns in human blood cells exposed to common flu-like viruses and arenavirus
JC Zapata, M Mayda, R Hammanieh, S Mani, M Djavani, R Das, I Lukashevich, D Moshkoff, R Carrion, M Jett, and M Salvato
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S76. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S76.
PMCID: PMC1716989
CCR6 mediates the intracellular HIV inhibitory activity of human beta-defensin 2
Lingling Sun, Leon DeMasi, Mark Lafferty, Marco Goicochea, Wuyuan Lu, and Alfredo Garzino-Demo
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S77. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S77.
PMCID: PMC1716990
Induction of HIV-specific T-cell responses by gag
Ellen Van Gulck, Leo Heyndrickx, Guido Vanham, Viggo FI Van Tendeloo, and Zwi N Berneman
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S78. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S78.
PMCID: PMC1716991
HIV-helminth coinfection: is deworming necessary?
Zvi Bentwich
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S79. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S79.
PMCID: PMC1716992
Regulation of angiogenesis by angiostatin through immune cells and IL 12 production
Douglas M Noonan, Claudio Brigati, Raffaela Dell'Eva, Monica Morini, Simona Minghelli, Roberto Benelli, and Adriana Albini
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S80. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S80.
PMCID: PMC1716994
Regulation of HIV-1 and IL-2 transcription by inducible CAMP early repressor (ICER)
Josef Bodor
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S81. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S81.
PMCID: PMC1716995
Human immunodeficiency virus impairs reverse cholesterol transport from macrophages
Zahedi Mujawar, Matthew P Morrow, Dmitri Sviridov, and Michael Bukrinsky
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S82. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S82.
PMCID: PMC1716996
Potent cellular and humoral immunity against HIV-1 elicited in mice by a DNA-prime/MVA-boost vaccine regimen intended for human use
Britta Wahren, Andreas Bråve, Andreas Boberg, Erik Rollman, Deborah Birx, Josephine Cox, Merlin Robb, Bernhard Moss, Pontus Blomberg, Gunnel Biberfeldt, and Eric Sandström
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S83. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S83.
PMCID: PMC1716997
Development of a CCR5-tropic HIV-1 fusion inhibition assay amenable to high-throughput screening for topical microbicides
B Beer, B Snyder, K Luckenbaugh, C Lackman-Smith, P Hogan, R Ptak, N Shindo, L Rasmussen, EL White, A Brelot, and M Alizon
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S84. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S84.
PMCID: PMC1716998
Increased immunogenicity of HIV vaccination with constant-current electroporation and molecular adjuvants in mice and rhesus macaques
Lauren Hirao, Amir Khan, Ling Wu, David Hokey, Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, and David B Weiner
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S85. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S85.
PMCID: PMC1716999
Novel resistance mechanism of HIV-1 To peptide fusion inhibitors
Nidhi Gupta, Russell Vassell, Wei Wang, Yong He, and Carol D Weiss
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S86. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S86.
PMCID: PMC1717000
The transmembrane envelope protein of HIV-1 and other retroviruses modulate cytokine production and induce Treg cells
Rayk Behrendt, Viet Loan Dao Thi, Thomas Vahlenkamp, Reinhard Kurth, and Joachim Denner
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S87. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S87.
PMCID: PMC1717001
Perturbations in the CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cell population of the GALT during acute SIV infection
Amanda J Chase, Ahmad R Sedaghat, Jennifer R German, Lucio Gama, M Christine Zink, Janice E Clements, and Robert F Siliciano
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S88. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S88.
PMCID: PMC1717002
Mutational analysis of HIV-1 gp41 mediated apoptosis and its correlation with fusion/hemifusion
Himanshu Garg and Robert Blumenthal
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S89. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S89.
PMCID: PMC1717003
Complement supports progression of HIV and turns neutralising antibodies at low concentration into infection enhancing antibodies
Manfred P Dierich and Heribert Stoiber
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S90. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S90.
PMCID: PMC1717005
The tumor microenvironment: the involvement of the selectin-selectin-ligand axis in tumor-endothelium interactions
Isaac P Witz
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S91. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S91.
PMCID: PMC1717006
A sexually transmitted parasitic cancer
Robin A Weiss, Ariberto Fassati, and Claudio Murgia
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S92. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S92.
PMCID: PMC1717007
Preservation of a subset of SIV-specific central memory CD4+ T cells correlates with control of viremia in SIVmac251 infected macaques
Barbara K Felber, Agneta von Gegerfelt, Antonio Valentin, Margherita Rosati, Candido Alicea, Cristina Bergamaschi, Vainav Patel, Rashmi Jalah, and George N Pavlakis
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S93. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S93.
PMCID: PMC1717008
Understanding the benign nature of natural SIV infection: Implications for AIDS pathogenesis
Guido Silvestri
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S94. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S94.
PMCID: PMC1717009
Nef-mediated TCR-CD3 and MHC-I down-modulation prevents CD4+ T cell depletion in natural SIV infection
Michael Schindler, Jan Münch, Olaf Kutsch, Hui Li, Mario L Santiago, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche, Michaela C Müller-Trutwin, Francis J Novembre, Martine Peeters, Valerie Courgnaud, Elizabeth Bailes, Pierre Roques, Donald L Sodora, Paul Sharp, Guido Silvestri, Beatrice H Hahn, and Frank Kirchhoff
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S95. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S95.
PMCID: PMC1717010
The enhancement of HIV-1 infectivity by Nef depends on dynamin 2
Massimo Pizzato, Anna Helander, Elena Popova, Arianna Calistri, Alessia Zamborlini, Giorgio Palu, and Heinrich Göttlinger
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S96. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S96.
PMCID: PMC1717011
Preferential depletion of a splenic marginal zone-like peripheral blood CD27+B220- memory B cell population in HIV-1 infected individuals
M Morrow, A Valentin, R Little, R Yarchoan, and GN Pavlakis
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S97. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S97.
PMCID: PMC1717012
Microbial translocation is a cause of systemic immune activation in chronic HIV infection
Jason M Brenchley
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S98. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S98.
PMCID: PMC1717013
Transcriptional regulation of Th2 differentiation
William E Paul, Hidehiro Yamane, Liying Guo, and Jinfang Zhu
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S99. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S99.
PMCID: PMC1717014
Natural and engineered antibodies against HIV
Edward A Berger
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S100. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S100.
PMCID: PMC1716908
Negative regulation of HIV-1 expression by the natural isoform C-terminus truncated STAT5 (STAT5Δ)
Andrea Crotti, Adriano Lazzarin, Chiara Bovolenta, and Guido Poli
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S101. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S101.
PMCID: PMC1716909
A dual defensive role of CIITA against retroviral infections
Giovanna Tosi, Luisa Bozzo, Elisabetta Pilotti, Claudio Casoli, and Roberto Accolla
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S102. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S102.
PMCID: PMC1716910
Reduced CD4 type 1 cytokine response by HIV-1 transgenic rat may be correlated with increased SOCS-1 expression from dendritic cells
Anjana Yadav and William C Reid
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S103. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S103.
PMCID: PMC1716911
Characterization of a RNA control element that binds p-TEFb and modulates transcription of the human CD3y gene
Bassam Badran, Kevin Kunstman, Nabil el Zein, Arsène Burny, Steven Wolinsky, and Karen Willard-Gallo
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S104. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S104.
PMCID: PMC1716912
The HIV-1 Vpr and glucocorticoid receptor complex is a gain of function interaction that prevents the nuclear localization of PARP-1
Karuppiah Muthumani, Andrew Y Choo, Wei-Xing Zong, Muniswamy Madesh, Daniel S Hwang, Arumugam Premkumar, Craig B Thompson, and David B Weiner
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S105. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S105.
PMCID: PMC1716913
The human I-mfa domain containing protein, HIC, interacts with HIV-1 Tat and Rev and sequesters them in the cytoplasm
L Gu, VW Gautier, N Sheehy, T Tsuji, H Hayakawa, and WW Hall
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S106. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S106.
PMCID: PMC1716914
Proteomic characterization of HIV-1 Tat interactome
VW Gautier, N O'Donohu, S Pennington, and WW Hall
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S107. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S107.
PMCID: PMC1716915
Oral Presentations
Optimization and antiviral analysis of peptide ligands for the HIV-1 packaging signal PSI
Julia Dietz, Anette Pustowka, Ajit Kaur, Joachim Koch, Sarah Mensch, Stefan Stein, Manuel Grez, Gilles Divita, Yves Mély, Harald Schwalbe, and Ursula Dietrich
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S58. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S58.
PMCID: PMC1716969
Effects of mutations on the subcellular distribution and localization of the HIV-1 VPU
Ricarda Goins-Mills and Kenneth Samuel
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S108. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S108.
PMCID: PMC1716916
Male circumcision as a preventive measure limiting HIV transmission
Thomas C Quinn
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): S109. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-S109.
PMCID: PMC1716917
Poster Presentation
The immunological basis of tumor therapy by targeted delivery of TNFa to tumor vessels
Enrica Balza, Lorenzo Mortara, Francesca Sassi, Stefano Monteghirfo, Barbara Carnemolla, Patrizia Castellani, Dario Neri, Roberto Accollo, Luciano Zardi, and Laura Borsi
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P1. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P1.
PMCID: PMC1716827
30-bp deletion variant of LMP-1 gene of EBV in HIV+ patients After several years of antiretroviral therapy
Janine Cherot, Agnès Dumont, Catherine Scieux, and Felix Agbalika
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P2. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P2.
PMCID: PMC1716838
Factors affecting attitude toward safe sex and reproductive health among Shiraz City youth
Farah Asna-Ashari
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P3. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P3.
PMCID: PMC1716849
Haematological measurements and iron levels in HIV-infected Gambian subjects
Gibril Bah and Assan Jaye
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P4. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P4.
PMCID: PMC1716860
Abstract withdrawn
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P5. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P5.
PMCID: PMC1716871
The Guinean traditional medicine in the treatment of HIV/AIDS
AM Baldé, FB Magassouba, R Barry, A Loua, S Traoré, F Mara, O Mara, O Bangoura, A Camara, M Kouyaté, M Kourouma, S Camara, L Bangoura, S Traoré, AK Diallo, A Kinsi Diallo, G Mamy, G Kolomou, S Mamy, A Dieng, MD Barry, F Soumah, A Traoré, L Pieters, J Totté, and AJ Vlietinck
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P6. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P6.
PMCID: PMC1716882
HIV-associated cellular proteins in human cervicovaginal lavage samples from HIV-negative women
J Basu, C Duttagupta, RH Angeletti, E Nieves, SH Vermund, and SL Romney
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P7. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P7.
PMCID: PMC1716893
Presence of HTLV-IIb among HIV-1 positive IDUs in Argentina
Carolina Berini, Maria Eirin, Maria Pando, Horacio Salomon, Liliana Martinez Peralta, Mercedes Weissenbacher, and Mirna Biglione
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P8. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P8.
PMCID: PMC1716904
Long highways and risk of HIV/AIDS
S Bhalla and C Somasundaram
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P9. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P9.
PMCID: PMC1716905
Provision of antiretroviral therapy in a rural setting – The Nile treatment centre experience, Uganda
Harriet Bitimwine, Nangendo Deborah, and Anthony Obuku
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P10. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P10.
PMCID: PMC1716828
HIV activates indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenease: inhibition of T cell proliferation by tryptophan starvation
A Boasso, AW Hardy, JP Herbeuval, SA Anderson, MJ Dolan, JD Lifson, D Fuchs, and GM Shearer
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P11. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P11.
PMCID: PMC1716829
Negative regulation of the SH2-homology-containing protein-tyrosine phosphatase-1 (Shp-1) P2 promoter by the HTLV-1 tax oncoprotein
Jihua Cheng, Andre R Kydd, Koichi Nakase, Kristin M Noonan, Akikazu Murakami, Hong Tao, Quan Zhu, and Wayne A Marasco
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P12. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P12.
PMCID: PMC1716830
Lymphoproliferative responses to HIV-1 Gag p24 antigen and mitogens in HIV-1 subtype CRF01_AE infected Thai patients and HIV-1 seronegative donors
Thippawan Chuenchitra, Suchitra Sukwit, Pittapun Chaitaveep, Mark S de Souza, Silvia R Kim, Robert M Paris, and Sorachai Nitayaphan
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P13. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P13.
PMCID: PMC1716831
Transcription factor binding sites in the pol gene intragenic regulatory region of HIV-1 are important for virus infectivity
Stéphane de Walque, Caroline Vanhulle, Nathalie Vandenhoudt, Benoît Van Driessche, Arsène Burny, and Carine Van Lint
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P14. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P14.
PMCID: PMC1716832
Differential HLA-dependent HIV evolution among subtypes
DA Dilernia, L Lourta, M Losso, and H Salomon
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P15. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P15.
PMCID: PMC1716833
Transcription profiling of early responses to hemorrhagic fever in rhesus macaque
M Djavani, O Crasta, JC Zapata, Z Fei, O Folkerts, B Sobral, J Bryant, C Pauza, I Lukashevich, and MS Salvato
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P16. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P16.
PMCID: PMC1716834
Phylogeny of HTLV-I isolates from groups with risk antecedents for human retrovirus infections in Argentina
Maria Emilia Eirin, Carolina Berini, María Angeles Pando, Maria Avila, Horacio Salomon, and Mirna Biglione
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P17. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P17.
PMCID: PMC1716835
Genetic characterization of HIV-1 strains circulating in Kazakhstan
L Eyzaguirre, MD Saahv, Y Nadai, P Gamatos, NG Kovtunenko, IB Erasilova, JL Sanchez, DL Birx, KC Earhart, and JK Carr
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P18. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P18.
PMCID: PMC1716836
Detection of HIV-1 antigen associated to erythrocytes in patients with undetectable viral load in plasma for more than one year
María Noé Garcia, María Sol dos Ramos Farías, Nilda Schvachsa, Daniel Rabinovich, and Maria M Avila
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P19. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P19.
PMCID: PMC1716837
Isolation and purification of HIV-1 LTR circles from PBMCs for the analysis of episomal env sequences
Sandra González, Sharilyn Almodóvar, Rafael A Contreras, Maria Colón, Martin D Hill, and Eric Lorenzo
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P20. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P20.
PMCID: PMC1716839
Factors associated with HIV and hepatitis C infection among regular and non-regular injection drug users in Baltimore
CM Graham, SG Severtson, MM Mitchell, L Floyd, and WW Latimer
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P21. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P21.
PMCID: PMC1716840
Temporal trend in the time to seroreversion in uninfected infants born to HIV seropositive mothers
Jyoti Gulia and Taha El Tahir Taha
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P22. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P22.
PMCID: PMC1716841
Orally HIV-1 exposed uninfected men who have sex with men display HIV-neutralizing capacity correlating with their partners viral load
Klara Hasselrot
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P23. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P23.
PMCID: PMC1716842
IBL4, A B cell line derived from an AIDS-related lymphoma, is a novel tumor stimulator and target for Vy2Vd2 T cell
Andrew Hebbeler, Jean-Saville Cummings, Cristiana Cairo, and C David Pauza
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P24. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P24.
PMCID: PMC1716843
Effect of HIV on production of anti-viral factors by HIV-specific CD4+ T cells
Catarina Hioe, Gurvinder Kaur, Sandra Cohen, Michael Tuen, Diana Virland, Sayed Abdelwahab, and Alfredo Garzino-Demo
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P25. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P25.
PMCID: PMC1716844
Hospitalization and mortality of HIV patients in a low resources setting
Martin Hojma, Paula Nada, Saldaño Ana Gomez, and Maria Laura Ordoñez
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P26. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P26.
PMCID: PMC1716845
Increased PD-1 expression in cynomolgus and rhesus macaques during lentiviral infection
David A Hokey, Jean D Boyer, Hanna Yoon, and David B Weiner
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P27. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P27.
PMCID: PMC1716846
Attitude towards condom use and HIV/AIDS knowledge as potential determinants of condom use self-efficacy among hispanic youths
E James Essien, Ehsanzadeh Parvaneh Cv, Emmanuel Monjok, Gbadebo O Ogungbade, John Balogun, Angela F Meshaek, Doriel Ward, and Laurens Holmes, jr
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P28. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P28.
PMCID: PMC1716847
Development and evaluation of the oligonucleotide ligation assay (OLA) for the detection of drug resistance mutations in HIV-2 patients on antiretroviral therapy
Sabelle Jallow, Steve Kaye, Eleanor Brandin, Jan Albert, Guido Vanham, Hilton Whittle, Sarah Rowland-Jones, and Wouter Janssens
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P29. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P29.
PMCID: PMC1716848
Street hawking and HIV/AIDS
Ameh James, Itohan Aigbokhae, and Philip Abutu
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P30. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P30.
PMCID: PMC1716850
Sexual behavioral pattern among students in Jos, Nigeria
Ameh James, Ada Ekwempu, Itohan Aigbokhae, Nneka Ukatu, and James Ujah
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P31. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P31.
PMCID: PMC1716851
Effect of HIV infection on the clinical response of leprosy in Northern Nigeria – a study done in 2005
Walter Kalu
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P32. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P32.
PMCID: PMC1716852
Family support unit improves care and support to HIV-infected children and their caregivers in Cameroon
CN Kwah, HP Ngamendjeu, and PS Deugue
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P33. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P33.
PMCID: PMC1716853
HIV indeterminate serology in a Portuguese blood donor population – review of seven years
Fernanda Leite, Francisco Dias, Carla Ferreira, Adelina Marques, Fátima Oliveira, and Ana Mota
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P34. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P34.
PMCID: PMC1716854
Seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus in a patient population of North of Portugal
Fernanda Leite, Fátima Oliveira, Ana Mota, Francisco Dias, Carla Ferreira, and Adelina Marques
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P35. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P35.
PMCID: PMC1716855
Anti-CD4-gp120 complex antibodies in long-term non-progressors HIV-1 positive patients: a role in slowing disease progression?
Samuele Burastero, Claudio Casoli, Chiara Paolucci, Paola Breda, Chiara Alberti, Claudia Pastori, and Lucia Lopalco
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P36. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P36.
PMCID: PMC1716856
Low-cost dynabead and cytospheres compared to FACSCount to monitor patients on antiretroviral therapy at a public clinic in Kampala, Uganda
F Lutwama, R Serwadda, A Nanyonjo, H Shihab, C Kikawa, M Kamya, T Quinn, L Spacek, and H Mayanja
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P37. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P37.
PMCID: PMC1716857
Long-term intrapatient evolution during HIV-2 infection
Adam MacNeil, Jean-Louis Sankalé, Seema Thakore Meloni, Abdoulaye Dieng Sarr, Souleymane Mboup, and Phyllis Kanki
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P38. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P38.
PMCID: PMC1716858
HIV-1 infection in dendritic cells in HAART suppressed patients
lrvin M Maldonado, Sharilyn Almodóvar, Giselle Marrero, María del C Colón, Juan C López, Jesús Rosado, Carlos Domínguez, René Herrera, Martin Hill, Alberto S Cornier, and Eric Lorenzo
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P39. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P39.
PMCID: PMC1716859
Intracellular selection of E. coli tRNALys, 3 as the primer for HIV-1 replication
Anna McCulley and Casey D Morrow
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P40. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P40.
PMCID: PMC1716861
The moderating influence of cognitive performance on risk awareness to predict HIV/AIDS risk-taking behaviors
MM Mitchell, SG Severtson, CM Graham, L Floyd, and WW Latimer
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P41. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P41.
PMCID: PMC1716862
Anti-HIV activity of drugs that stimulate cholesterol efflux
Matthew P Morrow, Zahedi A Mujawar, and Michael I Bukrinsky
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P42. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P42.
PMCID: PMC1716863
HIV-1 infection of human brain-derived neural progenitor cells
MK Muboh, HF Johson, and GN Farenkia
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P43. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P43.
PMCID: PMC1716864
Cultured enzyme-linked immunospot assay (ELISPOT) enhances detection of low HIV-specific immune responses in exposed seronegative individuals in Kenya
Margaret Muturi, Charity Gichuki, Gaudensia Mutua, and Omu Anzala
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P44. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P44.
PMCID: PMC1716865
Forced primer selection modulates HIV-1 replication and stability of the PBS
Na Ni and Casey D Morrow
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P45. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P45.
PMCID: PMC1716866
In vitro SIV replication kinetics correlate with vaccine induced cellular immune responses and predict post-challenge outcome in immunized rhesus macaques
Washingtone Ochieng, Christiane Stahl-Hennig, You-Suk Suh, Sieghart Sopper, Gerhard Hunsmann, and Ulrike Sauermann
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P46. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P46.
PMCID: PMC1716867
Detection of low frequency drug resistant mutations in antiretroviral-treated HIV-1C infections
Harriet Okatch, Vladimir Novitsky, and Myron Essex
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P47. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P47.
PMCID: PMC1716868
Genomic instability induced by AZT in cultured normal human mammary epithelial cells (NHMECs) generates aneuploidy
Ofelia A Olivero, Jennifer P Borojerdi, Cristina Semino-Mora, Yvonna Ward, and Miriam C Poirier
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P48. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P48.
PMCID: PMC1716869
Antiretroviral compounds affect the granule-dependent mechanisms of lysis in CD8 T cells
Anita Parmigiani, Daria Trabattoni, and Mario Clerici
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P49. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P49.
PMCID: PMC1716870
Novel codon-optimized GM-CSF gene as an adjuvant to enhance the immunity of a DNA vaccine against HIV-1 gag
Jian-Tai Qiu, Ting-Chang Chang, Cheng-Tao Lin, Yi-Ming Chen, Fran Q Li, Yung-Kuei Soong, and Chyong-Huey Lai
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P50. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P50.
PMCID: PMC1716872
Homology of HIV-1 Indian subtype C tat gene with other subtypes correlates with the induction of potent cross clade immune responses following immunization with HIV-1 Indian subtype C mutated and codon optimized tat DNA/MVA vaccine in mice
Huma Qureshi, VVSP Prasad, Bimal K Das, and Pradeep Seth
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P51. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P51.
PMCID: PMC1716873
Development of vaccine for "hepatitis C" (Papaya mosaic virus as an expression vector for foreign epitopes)
Varsha Raja and MG AbouHaidar
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P52. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P52.
PMCID: PMC1716874
Vitamin A deficiency and proinflammatory cytokine, mu opioid receptor, and HIV expression in the HIV-1 Tg rat
Walter Royal, III, Huiyun Wang, Odell Jones, Hieu Tran, and Joseph L Bryant
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P53. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P53.
PMCID: PMC1716875
A monoclonal antibody against HIV Tat attenuates neurotoxicity via glutamate receptors
Jeffrey Rumbaugh, Muznabanu Bachani, Ilia Tikhonov, David Pauza, and Avindra Nath
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P54. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P54.
PMCID: PMC1716876
HIV-1 natural viral suppressors: control of viral replication in the absence of therapy
Mohammad Sajadi
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P55. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P55.
PMCID: PMC1716877
Differential effects on HIV replication and T cell activation following direct inhibition of CDK9 or flavopiridol (FVP) treatment in primary peripheral blood lymphocytes
D Salerno, MG Hasham, R Marshall, J Garriga, AY Tsygankov, and X Graña
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P56. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P56.
PMCID: PMC1716878
Homeless people and HIV/AIDS
Sarah Dewi
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P57. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P57.
PMCID: PMC1716879
Liver disease progression in HIV/HCV co-infected patients: a role for metalloproteinases and their specific inhibitors
Priyo Sasongko
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P58. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P58.
PMCID: PMC1716880
Factors associated with HIV and HCV infection among individuals with a history of injection drug use in Baltimore
SG Severtson, CM Graham, M Mitchell, L Floyd, and WW Latimer
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P59. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P59.
PMCID: PMC1716881
Hepatitis B and hepatitis C prevalence in HIV positive pregnant women
Gilbert Siame
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P60. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P60.
PMCID: PMC1716883
Genetic diversity and high proportion of intersubtype recombinants of HIV-1 in urban Cameroon
Ana Machuca, Shixing Tang, Jinjie Hu, Sherwin Lee, Vutukuri Gupta, Leopold Zekeng, Bih Awazi, Chris Vockley, and Indira Hewlett
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P61. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P61.
PMCID: PMC1716884
Epitope-based vaccines: SARS – a model
Natalia Tarnovitski Freund, Jianhua Sui, Wayne A Marasco, and Jonathan M Gershoni
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P62. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P62.
PMCID: PMC1716885
Assessment of knowledge, perceptions and acceptability of mandatory pre-medical tests for intending couples in churches in Abuja, Nigeria
A Uwah, A Adedeji, O SalawuV, A Okunade, P Adebayo, and I Akpan
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P63. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P63.
PMCID: PMC1716886
Do circulating HIV vaccine plasmids contribute to immunogenicity in humans?
B Wahren, G Engström, K Aperia, L Gudmundsdotter, E Sandström, J Albert, and A Bråve
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P64. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P64.
PMCID: PMC1716887
Coping styles predict immune system parameters and clinical outcomes in patients with HIV
Rebecca L Wald, Greta C Dowling, and Lydia R Temoshok
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P65. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P65.
PMCID: PMC1716888
Chemokine and chemokine gene polymorphisms in exposed but uninfected partners of HIV-1 infected individuals in North India
A Wanchu, P Suresh, RK Sachdeva, and A Bhatnagar
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P66. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P66.
PMCID: PMC1716889
Comparative study on use of CD4 T cell count and plasma P24 antigen concentration in antiretroviral therapy monitoring for HIV/AIDs patients in Kano, Nigeria
Abdulrazak Yahaya, Auwal Yola, and Musa Babashani
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P67. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P67.
PMCID: PMC1716890
Immunization strategies to elicit mucosal immune response of HIV
Yinghui Shi
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P68. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P68.
PMCID: PMC1716891
Up-regulation of interferon-a/APOBEC3G signal pathway potently inactivates HIV-1 infectivity in resting CD4-T cells
Keyang Chen, Jialing Huang, Chune Zhang, Sophia Huang, Giuseppe Nunnari, Feng-xiang Wang, Xiangrong Tong, Ling Gao, Kristi Nikisher, and Hui Zhang
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P69. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P69.
PMCID: PMC1716892
HLA-C increases fusion efficiency between the HIV-1 envelope and the cell membrane and is part of the fusion complex
Andrea Matucci, Paola Rossolillo, Stefania Sala, Lucia Lopalco, Antonio Siccardi, Umberto Bertazzoni, and Donato Zipeto
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P70. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P70.
PMCID: PMC1716894
Micro RNAs play a central role during cancer and viral infections and can serve as targets for therapy
Zvi Bentwich
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P71. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P71.
PMCID: PMC1716895
Poster Presentations
NIMH funding opportunities for NeuroAIDS therapeutics development research
Jing Bao and Kathy Kopnisky
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P72. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P72.
PMCID: PMC1716896
Virological responses of treatment-naïve stage CDC-2 HIV-1 positive subjects receiving VGV-1 injections in a blinded, placebo-controlled, multi-centre clinical trial
Zoja Noveljic, Harry Zhabilov, Jimmy Hwang, Anel Clark, AnneRika Louw, Timothy Wright, and Patrick Bouic
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P73. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P73.
PMCID: PMC1716897
Immunity in Nigerian women and the effects of pregnancy and infectious disease exposure on fetal immunity
Cristiana Cairo, Nadia Propp, Ille Mamman, Alash'le Abimiku, William A Blattner, and C David Pauza
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P74. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P74.
PMCID: PMC1716898
Effective HIV/AIDS support in Myanmar (Burma) and sustained development
Odile Picard
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P75. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P75.
PMCID: PMC1716899
A novel dual antibody conjugate (Heteropolymer) reduces circulating HIV in a mouse model
SE Pincus, SM Jones, TA Bradley, J Dunne, Q Wang, WJ Honnen, R Kunert, and A Pinter
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P76. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P76.
PMCID: PMC1716900
Inhibition of coxsackievirus B3 by RNA interference (RNAi)
J Kurreck, S Schubert, D Werk, D Rothe, HP Grunert, I Sipo, H Fechner, W Poller, VA Erdmann, and H Zeichhardt
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P77. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P77.
PMCID: PMC1716901
Antiretroviral activity of aminothiols, WR2721 and WR1065
Miriam C Poirier, Gene M Shearer, Andrew W Hardy, Ofelia A Olivero, Dale M Walker, and Vernon E Walker
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P78. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P78.
PMCID: PMC1716902
First Molecular surveillance report of HIV in injecting drug users and female sex workers in Mexico
Lindsay M Eyzaguirre, Kimberly C Brouwer, Yuka Nadai, Thomas L Patterson, Rebeca Ramos, Michelle Firestone Cruz, Prisci Orozovich, Steffanie Strathdee, and Jean K Carr
Retrovirology. 2006; 3(Suppl 1): P79. Published online 2006 December 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-S1-P79.
PMCID: PMC1716903
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