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Volume 6;  2009
Commentaries
Inhibition of HIV-1 gene expression by Sam68ΔC: multiple targets but a common mechanism?
Alan Cochrane
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 22. Published online 2009 March 2. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-22.
PMCID: PMC2651844
The co-receptor signaling model of HIV-1 pathogenesis in peripheral CD4 T cells
Yuntao Wu
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 41. Published online 2009 May 1. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-41.
PMCID: PMC2679705
Correspondence
HIV-1 integrase polymorphisms are associated with prior antiretroviral drug exposure
Sebastiaan J van Hal, Belinda Herring, Zaquan Deris, Bin Wang, Nitin K Saksena, and Dominic E Dwyer
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 12. Published online 2009 February 9. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-12.
PMCID: PMC2649883
The Spanish HIV BioBank: a model of cooperative HIV research
Isabel García-Merino, Natividad de las Cuevas, José Luis Jiménez, Jorge Gallego, Coral Gómez, Cristina Prieto, Ma Jesús Serramía, Raquel Lorente, Ma Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández, and Spanish HIV BioBank
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 27. Published online 2009 March 9. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-27.
PMCID: PMC2667474
Research
MDM2 is a novel E3 ligase for HIV-1 Vif
Taisuke Izumi, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo, Kotaro Shirakawa, Hiroaki Higashitsuji, Katsuhiko Itoh, Katsuhiro Io, Masashi Matsui, Kazuhiro Iwai, Hiroshi Kondoh, Toshihiro Sato, Mitsunori Tomonaga, Satoru Ikeda, Hirofumi Akari, Yoshio Koyanagi, Jun Fujita, and Takashi Uchiyama
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 1. Published online 2009 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-1.
PMCID: PMC2629459
Human cyclin T1 expression ameliorates a T-cell-specific transcriptional limitation for HIV in transgenic rats, but is not sufficient for a spreading infection of prototypic R5 HIV-1 strains ex vivo
Nico Michel, Christine Goffinet, Kerstin Ganter, Ina Allespach, Vineet N KewalRamani, Mohammed Saifuddin, Dan R Littman, Warner C Greene, Mark A Goldsmith, and Oliver T Keppler
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 2. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-2.
PMCID: PMC2631513
Identification of two distinct structural regions in a human porcine endogenous retrovirus receptor, HuPAR2, contributing to function for viral entry
Katherine T Marcucci, Takele Argaw, Carolyn A Wilson, and Daniel R Salomon
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 3. Published online 2009 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-3.
PMCID: PMC2630988
Dynamic features of the selective pressure on the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gp120 CD4-binding site in a group of long term non progressor (LTNP) subjects
Filippo Canducci, Maria Chiara Marinozzi, Michela Sampaolo, Stefano Berrè, Patrizia Bagnarelli, Massimo Degano, Giulia Gallotta, Benedetta Mazzi, Philippe Lemey, Roberto Burioni, and Massimo Clementi
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 4. Published online 2009 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-4.
PMCID: PMC2639529
Microarray study reveals that HIV-1 induces rapid type-I interferon-dependent p53 mRNA up-regulation in human primary CD4+ T cells
Michaël Imbeault, Michel Ouellet, and Michel J Tremblay
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 5. Published online 2009 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-5.
PMCID: PMC2637825
Determinants in HIV-1 Nef for enhancement of virus replication and depletion of CD4+ T lymphocytes in human lymphoid tissue ex vivo
Stefanie Homann, Nadine Tibroni, Ingo Baumann, Serkan Sertel, Oliver T Keppler, and Oliver T Fackler
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 6. Published online 2009 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-6.
PMCID: PMC2630989
Anti-adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma effects of indole-3-carbinol
Yoshiaki Machijima, Chie Ishikawa, Shigeki Sawada, Taeko Okudaira, Jun-nosuke Uchihara, Yuetsu Tanaka, Naoya Taira, and Naoki Mori
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 7. Published online 2009 January 16. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-7.
PMCID: PMC2635345
Ancient, independent evolution and distinct molecular features of the novel human T-lymphotropic virus type 4
William M Switzer, Marco Salemi, Shoukat H Qari, Hongwei Jia, Rebecca R Gray, Aris Katzourakis, Susan J Marriott, Kendle N Pryor, Nathan D Wolfe, Donald S Burke, Thomas M Folks, and Walid Heneine
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 9. Published online 2009 February 2. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-9.
PMCID: PMC2647524
Rev and Rex proteins of human complex retroviruses function with the MMTV Rem-responsive element
Jennifer A Mertz, Mary M Lozano, and Jaquelin P Dudley
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 10. Published online 2009 February 3. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-10.
PMCID: PMC2661877
HIV-1 exploits importin 7 to maximize nuclear import of its DNA genome
Lyubov Zaitseva, Peter Cherepanov, Lada Leyens, Sam J Wilson, Jane Rasaiyaah, and Ariberto Fassati
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 11. Published online 2009 February 4. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-11.
PMCID: PMC2660290
Destabilization of the TAR hairpin leads to extension of the polyA hairpin and inhibition of HIV-1 polyadenylation
Martine M Vrolijk, Alex Harwig, Ben Berkhout, and Atze T Das
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 13. Published online 2009 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-13.
PMCID: PMC2645353
Effects of the K65R and K65R/M184V reverse transcriptase mutations in subtype C HIV on enzyme function and drug resistance
Hong-Tao Xu, Jorge L Martinez-Cajas, Michel L Ntemgwa, Dimitrios Coutsinos, Fernando A Frankel, Bluma G Brenner, and Mark A Wainberg
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 14. Published online 2009 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-14.
PMCID: PMC2644664
Massively parallel pyrosequencing highlights minority variants in the HIV-1 env quasispecies deriving from lymphomonocyte sub-populations
Gabriella Rozera, Isabella Abbate, Alessandro Bruselles, Crhysoula Vlassi, Gianpiero D'Offizi, Pasquale Narciso, Giovanni Chillemi, Mattia Prosperi, Giuseppe Ippolito, and Maria R Capobianchi
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 15. Published online 2009 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-15.
PMCID: PMC2660291
APOBEC3G induces a hypermutation gradient: purifying selection at multiple steps during HIV-1 replication results in levels of G-to-A mutations that are high in DNA, intermediate in cellular viral RNA, and low in virion RNA
Rebecca A Russell, Michael D Moore, Wei-Shau Hu, and Vinay K Pathak
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 16. Published online 2009 February 13. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-16.
PMCID: PMC2657108
Human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K(HML-2) encodes a stable signal peptide with biological properties distinct from Rec
Alessia Ruggieri, Esther Maldener, Marlies Sauter, Nikolaus Mueller-Lantzsch, Eckart Meese, Oliver T Fackler, and Jens Mayer
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 17. Published online 2009 February 16. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-17.
PMCID: PMC2649029
HIV-1 TAR miRNA protects against apoptosis by altering cellular gene expression
Zachary Klase, Rafael Winograd, Jeremiah Davis, Lawrence Carpio, Richard Hildreth, Mohammad Heydarian, Sidney Fu, Timothy McCaffrey, Eti Meiri, Mila Ayash-Rashkovsky, Shlomit Gilad, Zwi Bentwich, and Fatah Kashanchi
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 18. Published online 2009 February 16. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-18.
PMCID: PMC2654423
In vivo expression of the HBZ gene of HTLV-1 correlates with proviral load, inflammatory markers and disease severity in HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP)
Mineki Saito, Toshio Matsuzaki, Yorifumi Satou, Jun-ichirou Yasunaga, Kousuke Saito, Kimiyoshi Arimura, Masao Matsuoka, and Yoshiro Ohara
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 19. Published online 2009 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-19.
PMCID: PMC2653460
Recruitment of HIV-1 envelope occurs subsequent to lipid mixing: a fluorescence microscopic evidence
Miao-Ping Chien, Chi-Hui Lin, and Ding-Kwo Chang
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 20. Published online 2009 March 2. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-20.
PMCID: PMC2653015
Modulation of HIV-1 infectivity and cyclophilin A-dependence by Gag sequence and target cell type
Saori Matsuoka, Elisabeth Dam, Denise Lecossier, François Clavel, and Allan J Hance
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 21. Published online 2009 March 2. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-21.
PMCID: PMC2653016
APOBEC3G mRNA expression in exposed seronegative and early stage HIV infected individuals decreases with removal of exposure and with disease progression
Joel A Vázquez-Pérez, Christopher E Ormsby, Ramón Hernández-Juan, Klintsy J Torres, and Gustavo Reyes-Terán
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 23. Published online 2009 March 2. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-23.
PMCID: PMC2661038
Suppression of HIV-1 replication by microRNA effectors
Christine Chable-Bessia, Oussama Meziane, Daniel Latreille, Robinson Triboulet Robinson, Alessia Zamborlini, Alexandre Wagschal, Jean-Marc Jacquet, Jacques Reynes, Yves Levy, Ali Saib, Yamina Bennasser, and Monsef Benkirane
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 26. Published online 2009 March 9. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-26.
PMCID: PMC2657893
A role for CD81 on the late steps of HIV-1 replication in a chronically infected T cell line
Boyan Grigorov, Valérie Attuil-Audenis, Fabien Perugi, Martine Nedelec, Sarah Watson, Claudine Pique, Jean-Luc Darlix, Hélène Conjeaud, and Delphine Muriaux
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 28. Published online 2009 March 11. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-28.
PMCID: PMC2657109
A dose-effect relationship for deltaretrovirus-dependent leukemogenesis in sheep
Carole Pomier, Maria Teresa Sanchez Alcaraz, Christophe Debacq, Agnes Lançon, Pierre Kerkhofs, Lucas Willems, Eric Wattel, and Franck Mortreux
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 30. Published online 2009 April 3. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-30.
PMCID: PMC2670259
A novel HIV-1 restriction factor that is biologically distinct from APOBEC3 cytidine deaminases in a human T cell line CEM.NKR
Tao Zhou, Yanxing Han, Ying Dang, Xiaojun Wang, and Yong-Hui Zheng
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 31. Published online 2009 April 3. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-31.
PMCID: PMC2676246
Accuracy estimation of foamy virus genome copying
Kathleen Gärtner, Tatiana Wiktorowicz, Jeonghae Park, Ayalew Mergia, Axel Rethwilm, and Carsten Scheller
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 32. Published online 2009 April 6. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-32.
PMCID: PMC2678077
Isolation and characterization of a small antiretroviral molecule affecting HIV-1 capsid morphology
Samir Abdurahman, Ákos Végvári, Michael Levi, Stefan Höglund, Marita Högberg, Weimin Tong, Ivan Romero, Jan Balzarini, and Anders Vahlne
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 34. Published online 2009 April 8. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-34.
PMCID: PMC2670814
Induction of p21CIP1/WAF1 expression by human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 Tax requires transcriptional activation and mRNA stabilization
Ling Zhang, Huijun Zhi, Meihong Liu, Yu-Liang Kuo, and Chou-Zen Giam
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 35. Published online 2009 April 8. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-35.
PMCID: PMC2676247
Conservation of Nef function across highly diverse lineages of SIVsmm
Jan Schmökel, Hui Li, Elizabeth Bailes, Michael Schindler, Guido Silvestri, Beatrice H Hahn, Cristian Apetrei, and Frank Kirchhoff
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 36. Published online 2009 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-36.
PMCID: PMC2678078
Analysis of transcribed human endogenous retrovirus W env loci clarifies the origin of multiple sclerosis-associated retrovirus env sequences
Georg Laufer, Jens Mayer, Benedikt F Mueller, Nikolaus Mueller-Lantzsch, and Klemens Ruprecht
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 37. Published online 2009 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-37.
PMCID: PMC2672075
Reviews
Mechanisms employed by retroviruses to exploit host factors for translational control of a complicated proteome
Cheryl Bolinger and Kathleen Boris-Lawrie
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 8. Published online 2009 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-8.
PMCID: PMC2657110
When is it time for reverse transcription to start and go?
Marylène Mougel, Laurent Houzet, and Jean-Luc Darlix
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 24. Published online 2009 March 4. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-24.
PMCID: PMC2656454
Raltegravir, elvitegravir, and metoogravir: the birth of "me-too" HIV-1 integrase inhibitors
Erik Serrao, Srinivas Odde, Kavya Ramkumar, and Nouri Neamati
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 25. Published online 2009 March 5. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-25.
PMCID: PMC2660292
Short Reports
Increased neutrophil apoptosis in chronically SIV-infected macaques
Carole Elbim, Valérie Monceaux, Stéphanie François, Bruno Hurtrel, Marie-Anne Gougerot-Pocidalo, and Jérome Estaquier
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 29. Published online 2009 March 24. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-29.
PMCID: PMC2667475
High level expression of the anti-retroviral protein APOBEC3G is induced by influenza A virus but does not confer antiviral activity
Eva-K Pauli, Mirco Schmolke, Henning Hofmann, Christina Ehrhardt, Egbert Flory, Carsten Münk, and Stephan Ludwig
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 38. Published online 2009 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-38.
PMCID: PMC2672920
Correction
Raltegravir, elvitegravir, and metoogravir: the birth of "me-too" HIV-1 integrase inhibitors
Erik Serrao, Srinivas Odde, Kavya Ramkumar, and Nouri Neamati
Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 33. Published online 2009 April 8. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-33.
PMCID: PMC2672074
Corrects: Erik Serrao, et al. Raltegravir, elvitegravir, and metoogravir: the birth of "me-too" HIV-1 integrase inhibitors. Retrovirology. 2009; 6: 25.
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