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William G. Branton

University of AlbertaORCID 0000-0002-3259-2544Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Impact of HIV-1 infection on the microglia transcriptome: induction of microRNA-23b leads to G3BP2-mediated stress granules assembly disruption

Robert Lodge, William G. Branton, Frank Kirchhoff, Christopher Power, Éric A. Cohen

This study shows HIV-1 infection alters microglia transcriptome by upregulating microRNA-23b, which disrupts G3BP2 and stress granule assembly, promoting HIV-1 replication.

bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology