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New insights into pathogenesis point to HIV-1 Tat as a key vaccine target by Ensoli, Barbara, Moretti, Sonia, Borsetti, Alessandra, Maggiorella, Maria Teresa, Buttò, Stefano, Picconi, Orietta, Tripiciano, Antonella, Sgadari, Cecilia, Monini, Paolo, Cafaro, Aurelio

“…Despite over 30 years of enormous effort and progress in the field, no preventative and/or therapeutic vaccines against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are…”
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HIV virology and pathogenetic mechanisms of infection: a brief overview by Fanales-Belasio, Emanuele, Raimondo, Mariangela, Suligoi, Barbara, Buttò, Stefano

“…Studies on HIV virology and pathogenesis address the complex mechanisms that result in the HIV infection of the cell and destruction of the immune system…”
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Characterization of HIV type 1 genetic diversity among South African participants enrolled in the AIDS Vaccine Integrated Project (AVIP) study by Papathanasopoulos, Maria A, Vardas, Eftyhia, Wallis, Carole, Glashoff, Richard, Buttó, Stefano, Poli, Guido, Malnati, Mauro, Clerici, Mario, Ensoli, Barbara

“…The genetic diversity of HIV-1 strains circulating among HIV-1-infected South Africans was investigated in a cohort of 420 individuals enrolled as part of the…”
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HIV therapeutic vaccines aimed at intensifying combination antiretroviral therapy by Moretti, Sonia, Cafaro, Aurelio, Tripiciano, Antonella, Picconi, Orietta, Buttò, Stefano, Ensoli, Fabrizio, Sgadari, Cecilia, Monini, Paolo, Ensoli, Barbara

“…: Although successful at suppressing HIV replication, combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) only partially restores immune functions and fails to reduce…”
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Analysis of HIV‐1 integrase genotypes and polymorphisms among integrase inhibitors‐based antiretroviral treatment naïve patients in South Sudan by Giovanetti, Marta, Farcomeni, Stefania, Sernicola, Leonardo, Virtuoso, Sara, Fontanelli Sulekova, Lucia, Maggiorella, Maria T, Buttò, Stefano, Taliani, Gloria, Ciccozzi, Massimo, Borsetti, Alessandra

“…HIV‐1 genetic diversity and drug resistance mutations remain public health challenges especially in regions where treatment is limited. The aim of this study…”
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Anti-Tat Immunity in HIV-1 Infection: Effects of Naturally Occurring and Vaccine-Induced Antibodies Against Tat on the Course of the Disease by Cafaro, Aurelio, Tripiciano, Antonella, Picconi, Orietta, Sgadari, Cecilia, Moretti, Sonia, Buttò, Stefano, Monini, Paolo, Ensoli, Barbara

“…HIV-1 Tat is an essential protein in the virus life cycle, which is required for virus gene expression and replication. Most Tat that is produced during…”
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"cART intensification by the HIV-1 Tat B clade vaccine: progress to phase III efficacy studies" by Cafaro, Aurelio, Sgadari, Cecilia, Picconi, Orietta, Tripiciano, Antonella, Moretti, Sonia, Francavilla, Vittorio, Pavone Cossut, Maria Rosaria, Buttò, Stefano, Cozzone, Giovanni, Ensoli, Fabrizio, Monini, Paolo, Ensoli, Barbara

“…In spite of its success at suppressing HIV replication, combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) only partially reduces immune dysregulation and loss of…”
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Health inequalities: a Research Positioning Exercise at the National Institute of Health, Italy by Bucciardini, Raffaella, Ferrelli, Rita Maria, Giammarioli, Anna Maria, Bortolin, Emanuela, Fanales Belasio, Emanuele, Mattioli, Benedetta, Donfrancesco, Chiara, Sabbatucci, Michela, Pasetto, Roberto, Colucci, Anna, Mancinelli, Rosanna, Palmieri, Luigi, De Castro, Paola, Sampaolo, Letizia, Gaudi, Simona, Falzano, Loredana, Morelli, Sandra, Grassi, Tiziana, Buttò, Stefano, Luzi, Annamaria, Ricciardi, Walter

“…Abstract Background The Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, ISS) considers health inequalities (HI) an important area of…”
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Development of a novel AIDS vaccine: the HIV-1 transactivator of transcription protein vaccine by Cafaro, Aurelio, Tripiciano, Antonella, Sgadari, Cecilia, Bellino, Stefania, Picconi, Orietta, Longo, Olimpia, Francavilla, Vittorio, Buttò, Stefano, Titti, Fausto, Monini, Paolo, Ensoli, Fabrizio, Ensoli, Barbara

“…Classical approaches aimed at targeting the HIV-1 envelope as well as other structural viral proteins have largely failed. The HIV-1 transactivator of…”
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HIV-Tat immunization induces cross-clade neutralizing antibodies and CD4(+) T cell increases in antiretroviral-treated South African volunteers: a randomized phase II clinical trial by Ensoli, Barbara, Nchabeleng, Maphoshane, Ensoli, Fabrizio, Tripiciano, Antonella, Bellino, Stefania, Picconi, Orietta, Sgadari, Cecilia, Longo, Olimpia, Tavoschi, Lara, Joffe, Daniel, Cafaro, Aurelio, Francavilla, Vittorio, Moretti, Sonia, Pavone Cossut, Maria Rosaria, Collacchi, Barbara, Arancio, Angela, Paniccia, Giovanni, Casabianca, Anna, Magnani, Mauro, Buttò, Stefano, Levendal, Elise, Ndimande, John Velaphi, Asia, Bennett, Pillay, Yogan, Garaci, Enrico, Monini, Paolo

“…Although combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) has saved millions of lives, it is incapable of full immune reconstitution and virus eradication. The…”
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The Presence of Anti-Tat Antibodies Is Predictive of Long-Term Nonprogression to AIDS or Severe Immunodeficiency: Findings in a Cohort of HIV-1 Seroconverters by Rezza, Giovanni, Fiorelli, Valeria, Dorrucci, Maria, Ciccozzi, Massimo, Tripiciano, Antonella, Scoglio, Arianna, Collacchi, Barbara, Ruiz-Alvarez, Maria, Giannetto, Concettina, Caputo, Antonella, Tomasoni, Lina, Castelli, Francesco, Sciandra, Mauro, Sinicco, Alessandro, Ensoli, Fabrizio, Buttò, Stefano, Ensoli, Barbara

“…The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 Tat protein plays a key role in the life cycle of the virus and in pathogenesis and is highly conserved among HIV…”
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Building up a collaborative network for the surveillance of HIV genetic diversity in Italy. A pilot study by Sanarico, Nunzia, D'Amato, Stefania, Picconi, Orietta, Ensoli, Barbara, Buttò, Stefano

“…Prevalence of infection with HIV-1 non-B subtypes in Italy has been reported to raise, due to increased migration flows and travels. HIV-1 variants show…”
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Correlates of infection and molecular characterization of blood-borne HIV, HCV, and HBV infections in HIV-1 infected inmates in Italy: An observational cross-sectional study by Sanarico, Nunzia, D’Amato, Stefania, Bruni, Roberto, Rovetto, Claudia, Salvi, Emanuela, Di Zeo, Patrizia, Chionne, Paola, Madonna, Elisabetta, Pisani, Giulio, Costantino, Angela, Equestre, Michele, Tosti, Maria E., Cenci, Alessandra, Maggiorella, Maria T., Sernicola, Leonardo, Pontali, Emanuele, Pansera, Alfredo, Quattrocchi, Rocco, Carbonara, Sergio, Signorile, Fabio, Surace, Lorenzo Antonio, Federzoni, Guido, Garlassi, Elisa, Starnini, Giulio, Monarca, Roberto, Babudieri, Sergio, Rapicetta, Maria, Pompa, Maria G., Caraglia, Anna, Ensoli, Barbara, Ciccaglione, Anna R., Buttò, Stefano

“…Coinfection of blood-borne hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses (HBV and HCV, respectively) in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-positive individuals…”
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Molecular characterization of HIV-1 subtype C gp-120 regions potentially involved in virus adaptive mechanisms by Cenci, Alessandra, D'Avenio, Giuseppe, Tavoschi, Lara, Chiappi, Michele, Becattini, Simone, Narino, Maria Del Pilar, Picconi, Orietta, Bernasconi, Daniela, Fanales-Belasio, Emanuele, Vardas, Eftyhia, Sukati, Hosea, Lo Presti, Alessandra, Ciccozzi, Massimo, Monini, Paolo, Ensoli, Barbara, Grigioni, Mauro, Buttò, Stefano

“…The role of variable regions of HIV-1 gp120 in immune escape of HIV has been investigated. However, there is scant information on how conserved gp120 regions…”
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Laboratory diagnostics for HIV infection by Buttò, Stefano, Suligoi, Barbara, Fanales-Belasio, Emanuele, Raimondo, Mariangela

“…Laboratory diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is fundamental for detecting and monitoring infection. Many diagnostic tools are available…”
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Candidate HIV-1 Tat vaccine development : from basic science to clinical trials by ENSOLI, Barbara, FIORELLI, Valeria, ENSOLI, Fabrizio, CAFARO, Aurelio, TITTI, Fausto, BUTTO, Stefano, MONINI, Paolo, MAGNANI, Mauro, CAPUTO, Antonella, GARACI, Enrico

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Complex associates of plasmid DNA and a novel class of block copolymers with PEG and cationic segments as new vectors for gene delivery by Laus, Michele, Sparnacci, Katia, Ensoli, Barbara, Buttò, Stefano, Caputo, Antonella, Mantovani, Irene, Zuccheri, Giampaolo, Samorì, Bruno, Tondelli, Luisa

“…Cationic block copolymers, consisting of a poly(ethylene glycol) block and a block deriving from the poly(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate were prepared via a…”
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Identification of recent HIV infections and of factors associated with virus acquisition among pregnant women in 2004 and 2006 in Swaziland by Bernasconi, Daniela, Tavoschi, Lara, Regine, Vincenza, Raimondo, Mariangela, Gama, Dan, Sulgencio, Leonides, Almaviva, Mauro, Galli, Claudio, Ensoli, Barbara, Suligoi, Barbara, Sukati, Hosea, Buttò, Stefano

“…Abstract Background HIV continues to spread at high rates in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, Swaziland is one of the countries most affected by the HIV/AIDS…”
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The epidemic of HIV infection and AIDS, promotion of testing, and innovative strategies by Suligoi, Barbara, Raimondo, Mariangela, Fanales-Belasio, Emanuele, Buttò, Stefano

“…In Europe, the incidence of new diagnoses of HIV infection in 2008 was 86.7 cases per one million population, and most cases were attributable to sexual…”
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A multiplex calibrated real-time PCR assay for quantitation of DNA of EBV-1 and 2 by Gatto, Francesca, Cassina, Giulia, Broccolo, Francesco, Morreale, Giuseppe, Lanino, Edoardo, Di Marco, Eddi, Vardas, Efthiya, Bernasconi, Daniela, Buttò, Stefano, Principi, Nicola, Esposito, Susanna, Scarlatti, Gabriella, Lusso, Paolo, Malnati, Mauro S.

“…► A new molecular assay is described for reliable quantitation of EBV DNA in clinical samples. ► The system quantify both EBV subtypes (European/Asian and…”
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