Search Results - "Mediouni, Sonia"
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Forging a Functional Cure for HIV: Transcription Regulators and Inhibitors
Published in Viruses (01-09-2022)“…Current antiretroviral therapy (ART) increases the survival of HIV-infected individuals, yet it is not curative. The major barrier to finding a definitive cure…”
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Cell-Permeable Peptides Containing Cycloalanine Residues
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (04-10-2016)“…We present here an efficient alternative to N‐methylation for the purpose of morphing protein‐binding peptides into more serum‐stable and cell‐permeable…”
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Didehydro-Cortistatin A Inhibits HIV-1 by Specifically Binding to the Unstructured Basic Region of Tat
Published in mBio (05-02-2019)“…The intrinsically disordered HIV-1 Tat protein binds the viral RNA transactivation response structure (TAR), which recruits transcriptional cofactors,…”
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Resistance to the Tat Inhibitor Didehydro-Cortistatin A Is Mediated by Heightened Basal HIV-1 Transcription
Published in mBio (02-07-2019)“…Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Tat binds the viral RNA structure transactivation-responsive element (TAR) and recruits transcriptional cofactors,…”
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Molecular motor protein KIF5C mediates structural plasticity and long-term memory by constraining local translation
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (13-07-2021)“…Synaptic structural plasticity, key to long-term memory storage, requires translation of localized RNAs delivered by long-distance transport from the neuronal…”
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Next-Generation Human Cerebral Organoids as Powerful Tools To Advance NeuroHIV Research
Published in mBio (31-08-2021)“…Long-term effective use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people with HIV (PWH) has significantly reduced the burden of disease, yet a cure for HIV has not…”
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Hydroxychloroquine blocks SARS-CoV-2 entry into the endocytic pathway in mammalian cell culture
Published in Communications biology (14-09-2022)“…Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a drug used to treat lupus and malaria, was proposed as a treatment for SARS-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, albeit with…”
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Didehydro-cortistatin A inhibits HIV-1 Tat mediated neuroinflammation and prevents potentiation of cocaine reward in Tat transgenic mice
Published in Current HIV research (01-01-2015)“…HIV-1 Tat protein has been shown to have a crucial role in HIV-1-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND), which includes a group of syndromes ranging from…”
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Identification of potent small molecule inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 entry
Published in SLAS discovery (01-01-2022)“…The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 responsible for COVID-19 remains a persistent threat to mankind, especially for the immunocompromised and…”
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Author Correction: Hydroxychloroquine blocks SARS-CoV-2 entry into the endocytic pathway in mammalian cell culture
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The role of high cholesterol in SARS-CoV-2 infectivity
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (01-06-2023)“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus binds to angiotensinogen…”
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β-cyclodextrin polymer/Soluplus® encapsulated Ebselen ternary complex (EβpolySol) as a potential therapy for vaginal candidiasis and pre-exposure prophylactic for HIV
Published in International journal of pharmaceutics (15-11-2020)“…[Display omitted] •β-cyclodextrin polymer showed 3–4 folds higher saturation solubility of Ebselen.•β-cyclodextrin polymer was safer on HeLa cells compared to…”
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Transcriptional regulation of the HIV-1 inhibitory factor human mannose receptor 1 by the myeloid-specific transcription factor PU.1
Published in Journal of virology (23-01-2024)“…HIV-1 infection of cells results in the modulation of cellular gene expression by virus-encoded proteins in a manner that benefits the virus. We reported that…”
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Targeting HIV transcription: the quest for a functional cure
Published in Current topics in microbiology and immunology (01-01-2015)“…Antiretroviral therapy (ART) potently suppresses HIV-1 replication, but the virus persists in quiescent infected CD4(+)T cells as a latent integrated provirus,…”
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Efavirenz nanomicelles loaded vaginal film (EZ film) for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) of HIV
Published in Colloids and surfaces, B, Biointerfaces (01-10-2020)“…[Display omitted] •Efavirenz Vaginal film could be promising as Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) of HIV.•Tetronic 1107 showed better efavirenz solubility and…”
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Bictegravir nanomicelles and anionic pullulan loaded vaginal film: Dual mechanistic pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV
Published in International journal of biological macromolecules (30-11-2022)“…Locally delivered pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has proven to be a promising strategy to combat Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission but several…”
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The XPB Subunit of the TFIIH Complex Plays a Critical Role in HIV-1 Transcription and XPB Inhibition by Spironolactone Prevents HIV-1 Reactivation from Latency
Published in Journal of virology (28-01-2021)“…HIV transcription requires assembly of cellular transcription factors at the HIV-1promoter. The TFIIH general transcription factor facilitates transcription…”
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The Tat inhibitor didehydro‐cortistatin A suppresses SIV replication and reactivation
Published in The FASEB journal (01-07-2019)“…ABSTRACT The HIV‐1 transactivation protein (Tat) binds the HIV mRNA transactivation responsive element (TAR), regulating transcription and reactivation from…”
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The cross-talk of HIV-1 Tat and methamphetamine in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (23-10-2015)“…Antiretroviral therapy has dramatically improved the lives of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infected individuals. Nonetheless, HIV-associated…”
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Identification of a Highly Conserved Surface on Tat Variants
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (28-06-2013)“…Extracellular Tat is suspected to protect HIV-1-infected cells from cellular immunity. Seropositive patients are unable to produce neutralizing antibodies…”
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