supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81471620, 81671627, 81571606, 81172876, U0832601);the 13th Five-Year Key Scientific and Technological Program of China (2017ZX10304402-002-004, 2017ZX10202102-001-005);the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KJZD-EW-L1002, KSCX2-EW-R-13);the National Key Research & Development Plan (2016YFC1201000);the National Basic Research Program of China (2012CBA01305)
TRIM5α restricts retroviruses in a species-specific manner. Cyclophilin A was independently retrotransposed into the TRIM5 loci in different species, leading to the generation of antiviral TR1M5-cyclophilin A (TRIM...
partly supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81471620;81671627;81571606;81601808;81172876;U0832601);the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CBA01305);the 13th Five-Year Key Scientific and Technological Program of China(2017ZX10304402-002-004;2017ZX10202102-001-005);the National Key Research & Development(R&D)Plan(2016YFC1201000)
Parasites can increase infection rates and pathogenicity in immunocompromised human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients. However, in vitro studies and epidemiological investigations also suggest that parasites mig...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2012CBA01305);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81172876; 81571606; 81471620; U0832601; 30671960);the 13th Five-Year Key Scientific and Technological Program of China (2017ZX10304402002-004; 2017ZX10202102-001-005);the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-EW-R-13; KJZD-EW-L10-02; CASIMM0320163020);the National Key Research & Development Plan (2016YFC1201000);Yunnan Applicative and Basic Research Program (2014FB181; 201501PH00015)
Viral reservoirs of HIV-1 are a major obstacle for curing AIDS. The novel animal models that can be directly infected with HIV-I will contribute to develop effective strategies for eradicating infections. Here, we ino...
supported in part by the Key Scientific and Technological Program of China(2012ZX10001-007;2013ZX10001-002);the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CBA01305);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81172876;81273251;U1202228);the Knowledge Innovation Program of CAS(KSCX2-EW-R-13;KJZD-EW-L10-02)
The complex and dynamic vaginal microbial ecosystem is critical to both health and disease of the host. Studies focusing on how vaginal microbiota influences HIV-1 infection may face limitations in selecting proper an...
Foundation items: This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program (2012CBA01305); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81172876, U0832601, 81273251 and U 1202228) the Knowledge Innovation Program of CAS (KSCX2-EW-R-13, Y206A- 71181), and the Key Scientific and Technological Program of China (2012ZX10001-007, 2013ZX10001-002). Acknowledgements: We thank Prof. Guang-Xia GAO (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) for kindly providing HSIV proviral plasmids.We also thank Long-Bao LV, Gui LI and Dong- Ti HUANG of Kunming Primate Research Center for their assistance in obtaining blood samples from northem pig-tailed macaques (M. leonina) and Chinese rhesus macaques.
The northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) has been identified as an independent species of Old World monkey, and we previously found that PBMCs from M. leonina were susceptible to human immunodeficiency virus...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work was supported in part by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB522306 and 2012CBA01305), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30872317, 30800113, U0832601 and 81172876), the Knowledge Innovation Program of CAS (KSCX1-YW-10 and KSCX2-EW-R-13), the Key Scientific and Technological Program of China (2009ZX09501-029, 2012ZX10001-006 and 2012ZX10001-007) and Yunnan province (2010GA001) and the 'Western Light' Projects of the CAS. The funding organizations had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
It is currently widely accepted that immune activation in HIV-infected individuals leads to a severe loss of CD4+ T cells and the progression to AIDS. However, the underlying mechanism of this immune activation remai...