Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
SUBMITTER: Christian Frese
LAB HEAD: Marina Lusic
PROVIDER: PXD012907 | Pride | 2020-03-03
REPOSITORIES: Pride
Shytaj Iart Luca IL Lucic Bojana B Forcato Mattia M Penzo Carlotta C Billingsley James J Laketa Vibor V Bosinger Steven S Stanic Mia M Gregoretti Francesco F Antonelli Laura L Oliva Gennaro G Frese Christian K CK Trifunovic Aleksandra A Galy Bruno B Eibl Clarissa C Silvestri Guido G Bicciato Silvio S Savarino Andrea A Lusic Marina M
The EMBO journal 20200311 9
HIV-1 persists in a latent form during antiretroviral therapy, mainly in CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells, thus hampering efforts for a cure. HIV-1 infection is accompanied by metabolic alterations, such as oxidative stress, but the effect of cellular antioxidant responses on viral replication and latency is unknown. Here, we show that cells survive retroviral replication, both in vitro and in vivo in SIVmac-infected macaques, by upregulating antioxidant pathways and the intertwined iron import pathway. ...[more]