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    Med Clin (Barc). 2006 Mar 11;126(9):341-8.

    [HIV entry into the cells--mechanisms and therapeutic possibilities].

    [Article in Spanish]

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    Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

    Abstract

    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) entry into cells is the first step in the viral replication cycle, which has been explored as a new therapeutic target. A better knowledge of the mechanisms involved in the entry process has led to the development of agents, which may inhibit each of the different steps of the viral entry process: attachment of the gp120 to the CD4 cell receptor; binding of the gp120 to CCR5 or CXCR4 coreceptors; and the fusion of viral and cell membranes. Entry inhibitors are the latest family of antiretroviral compounds, being enfuvirtide, a fusion inhibitor, the first approved. Several other entry inhibitors are currently in clinical development and hopefully soon will be part of the therapeutic armamentarium against HIV.

    PMID:
    16650368
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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