Reactivation of latent HIV-1 in vitro using an alcoholic extract from Euphorbia umbellata (Euphorbiaceae) latex.
Ana Luiza Chaves Valadão, Paula Pezzuto, Viviane A. Oliveira Silva, Barbara Simonson Gonçalves, Átila Duque Rossi, Rodrigo Delvecchio da Cunha, Antonio Carlos Siani, João Batista de Freitas Tostes, Marcelo Trovó, Paulo Damasco, Gabriel Gonçalves, Rui Manuel Reis, Renato Santana de Aguiar, Alves de Melo Cleonice Bento, Amilcar Tanuri
This study identifies phorbol esters in Euphorbia umbellata latex that reactivate latent HIV in human PBMCs and SIV in non-human primate CD4+ T cells via NF-kB activation.
bioRxiv · May 3, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology