Soluble factors with inhibitory activity against type 1 Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Soluble factors with inhibitory activity against type 1 Human Immunodeficiency Virus The pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection is a complex process that depends on multiple factors, including viral and host immune and genetic characteristics. This leads to a variable pattern of disease progression among those HIV-1-exposed individuals who become infected, while there are a number of individuals who remain healthy and HIV-1 seronegative despite being serially exposed to HIV-1. These variable outcomes of HIV-1 exposure suggest that there are mechanisms of natural resistance to HIV-1 infection. Although several genetic and adaptive immune mechanisms of resistance have been reported in some exposed seronegative and long-term non-progressor individuals, the mechanisms involved in controlling the establishment and progression of HIV-1 infection are not fully understood. Several soluble factors, such as defensins, chemokines, interferons and ribonucleases, among others, produced by cells of the immune system and epithelial tissues, have a broad anti-viral activity that might play a role as protective mechanisms during HIV-1 exposure. A better understanding of the mechanisms and role of these soluble factors during the natural resistance to HIV-1 infection may have important implications for the design of novel therapeutic strategies to combat the morbidity and mortality associated with the HIV-1 pandemic.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2006

Erschienen:

2006

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - 26(2006), 3 vom: 13. Sept., Seite 451-66

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Factores solubles con actividad inhibitoria contra el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana tipo 1

Beteiligte Personen:

Zapata, Wildeman [VerfasserIn]
Montoya, Carlos Julio [VerfasserIn]
Rugeles, María Teresa [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Biological Factors
English Abstract
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.05.2007

Date Revised 21.11.2008

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM167255320