Journal of Antivirals & Antiretrovirals
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A Robert Neurath

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• Research Article
  Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Transmission by Pharmaceuticals Targeted to Host Proteins Required for Virus Infection? Consideration of Farnesyl Thiosalicylic Acid, a Ras Inhibitor
  Author(s): A Robert Neurath and Carol Lackman-SmithA Robert Neurath and Carol Lackman-Smith
  
  Recent success in defining the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) – host cell protein interaction network has provided an opportunity for development of novel antiviral therapeutics targeted to host proteins required for virus infection. This expanded earlier successful development of antagonists for the cellular receptors (CD4) and co-receptors (CCR5 or CXCR4) involved in virus attachment. Induction of the G-alphaq signaling cascade by the HIV-1 envelope is required for virus entry, and it’s blocking prevented HIV-1-mediated membrane fusion and initiation of infection. One of the blockers, the Ras inhibitor S-trans, trans-farnesylthiosalicylic acid (FTS), was reported to interfere with HIV-1 infection. Since FTS appears to have an established safety record and is being evaluated (as Salirasib, oral) in phase II human clinical trials for treatment of lung cancer, .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/jaa.1000010

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