Transmitted/Founder and Chronic Subtype C HIV-1 Use CD4 and CCR5 Receptors with Equal Efficiency and Are Not Inhibited by Blocking the Integrin α4β7
Parrish NF, Wilen CB, Banks LB, Iyer SS, Pfaff JM, Salazar-Gonzalez JF, Salazar MG, Decker JM, Parrish EH, Berg A, Hopper J, Hora B, Kumar A, Mahlokozera T, Yuan S, Coleman C, Vermeulen M, Ding H, Ochsenbauer C, Tilton JC, Permar SR, Kappes JC, Betts MR, Busch MP, Gao F, Montefiori D, Haynes BF, Shaw GM, Hahn BH, Doms RW. Transmitted/Founder and Chronic Subtype C HIV-1 Use CD4 and CCR5 Receptors with Equal Efficiency and Are Not Inhibited by Blocking the Integrin α4β7. PLOS Pathogens 2012, 8: e1002686. PMID: 22693444, PMCID: PMC3364951, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002686.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCD4 AntigensCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedCloning, MolecularHIV Envelope Protein gp120HIV InfectionsHIV-1Host-Pathogen InteractionsHumansIntegrinsMucous MembraneNeutralization TestsReceptors, CCR5Viral TropismVirus InternalizationVirus ReplicationConceptsF virusesInfectious molecular cloneMucosal HIV-1 acquisitionNew HIV-1 infectionsHuman immunodeficiency virus type 1Immunodeficiency virus type 1Transmitted/FounderHIV-1 acquisitionHIV-1 vaccine designSubtype C HIVHIV-1 infectionSingle genome amplificationAnti-α4β7 antibodyVirus type 1V2 variable loopsChronic EnvsC HIVFounder virusesSexual transmissionChronic virusesGp120 subunitIntegrin α4β7Transmission fitnessSame CD4CD4