An intrinsic host defense against HIV-1 integration?

作者:Bieniasz Paul D*
来源:Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2007, 117(2): 302-304.
DOI:10.1172/JCI31290

摘要

HSCs are one of only a few cell types that resist HIV-1 infection despite the presence of HIV-1 receptors. An increasing number of genes have been identified that can reduce the sensitivity of cultured cells to retrovirus infection, and in this issue of the JCI, Zhang et al. identify p21(Waf1/Cip1/Sdi1) (p21) as a gene product that can influence the sensitivity of HSCs to HIV-1 infection (see the related article beginning on page 473). Strikingly, p21 appears to alter the fate of nuclear HIV-1 DNA, promoting the formation of circular viral DNA forms rather than functional proviruses.

  • 出版日期2007-2