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Nature. 1996 Jun 20;381(6584):647-8.
Identification of a major co-receptor for primary isolates of HIV-1.
Deng H,
Liu R,
Ellmeier W,
Choe S,
Unutmaz D,
Burkhart M,
Di Marzio P,
Marmon S,
Sutton RE,
Hill CM,
Davis CB,
Peiper SC,
Schall TJ,
Littman DR,
Landau NR.
Skirball Institute for BioMolecular Medicine, New York University Medical Center, 10016, USA.
Entry of HIV-1 into target cells requires cell-surface CD4 and additional host cell cofactors. A cofactor required for infection with virus adapted for growth in transformed T-cell lines was recently identified and named fusin. However, fusin does not promote entry of macrophage-tropic viruses, which are believed to be the key pathogenic strains in vivo. The principal cofactor for entry mediated by the envelope glycoproteins of primary macrophage-tropic strains of HIV-1 is CC-CKR-5, a receptor for the beta-chemokines RANTES, MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta.
PMID: 8649511 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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