期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2021; 18 (1)
Background CRF55_01B is a newly identified HIV-1 circulating recombinant form originated from MSM in China. However, its impact on the disease progres......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2021; 18 (1)
Background: So far, the prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type 1 and 2 in some highly populated countries such as China is still unknown......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2021; 18 (1)
Background To determine if individuals, from HIV-1 serodiscordant couple cohorts from Rwanda and Zambia, who become HIV-positive have a distinct infla......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2020; 17 (1)
Background Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs), suspected to be transposition-defective, may reshape the transcriptional network of the human genome......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2020; 17 (1)
Background The human myxovirus resistance 2 (Mx2/MxB) protein was originally found to regulate cytoplasmic-nuclear transport but was recently reported......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2019; 16 (1)
Background Terminally differentiated/nondividing macrophages, a key target cell type of HIV-1, harbor extremely low dNTP concentrations established by......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2019; 16 (1)
Background: Peptides corresponding to N- and C-terminal heptad repeat regions (HR1 and HR2, respectively) of gp41 can inhibit HIV-1 infection in a dom......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2019; 16 ()
BackgroundThe pathogenesis of immunological tolerance caused by avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J), an oncogenic retrovirus, is largely unknown.R......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2019; 16 ()
BackgroundHIV infection is enhanced by cell adhesions that form between infected and uninfected T cells called virological synapses (VS). VS are initi......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2019; 16 ()
BackgroundAdult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is an aggressive neoplasm caused by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1). ATL carries a poor prognosis du......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2019; 16 ()
BackgroundThe chemokine receptor CCR5, which belongs to the superfamily of G protein-coupled receptors, is the major co-receptor for HIV-1 entry. Indi......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2019; 16 ()
Following publication of their article [1], the authors realized that they inadvertently omitted the contribution of Dr. Li Wu (Ohio State University)......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2018; 15 ()
BackgroundSAM domain and HD domain containing protein 1 (SAMHD1) is a host anti-HIV-1 restriction factor known to suppress viral reverse transcription......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2018; 15 ()
Retroviruses can cause severe diseases such as cancer and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A unique feature in the life cycle of retroviruses is th......
期刊: RETROVIROLOGY, 2018; 15 ()
Background: The native pre-fusion structure of gp120/gp41 complex of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 was recently revealed. In the model, the heli......