The lentivirus human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS by interacting with a large
number of different cells in the body and esca** the host immune response against it. HIV …

Vaginal drug administration can improve prophylaxis and treatment of many conditions
affecting the female reproductive tract, including sexually transmitted diseases, fungal and …

Established for 20 years as the definitive virology reference, the two-volume classic Fields
Virology is in its thoroughly revised, updated Fifth Edition. More than 100 world-renowned …

The vertebrate nervous system is characterized by ensheathment of axons with myelin, a
multilamellar membrane greatly enriched in the galactolipid galactocerebroside (GalC) and …

Objective: Mechanisms underlying mucosal transmission of HIV-1 are incompletely
understood. We describe the anti-HIV-1 activity of human β-defensins (hBD), small cationic …

Contact between various epithelial cell lines and HIV chronically infected mononuclear cell
lines results in a massive and rapid budding of HIV virions toward the epithelium followed by …

In 1981, a new disease syndrome appeared in human populations in the United States and
elsewhere characterized by a deficiency in the immune system [1]. Patients presented with …

Background: Lipid rafts are currently an intensely investigated topic of cell biology. In
addition to a demonstrated role in signal transduction of the host cell, lipid rafts serve as …

The immunomodulator Betafectin® PGG-glucan is a homopolymer of glucose derived from
yeast cell walls which has been demonstrated to enhance leukocyte anti-infective activity in …

Interactions between the viral envelope glycoprotein gp120 and the cell surface receptor
CD4 are responsible for the entry of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) into host …