HIV therapeutic possibilities of gold compounds
HIV therapeutic possibilities of gold compounds
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DOI:
10.1007/s10534-010-9293-5
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发表时间:
2010-04-01
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Meyer, Debra
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作者:
Fonteh, Pascaline N.;Keter, Frankline K.;Meyer, Debra
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has resulted in decreased mortality and morbidity from the acquired immune deficiency syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Drug resistance and toxicity of HAART has led to the search for novel inhibitors of HIV infection. Gold-based compounds have shown promising activity against a wide range of clinical conditions and microorganism infections including HIV-1. A typical example is auranofin which resulted in an elevated CD4+ T-cell count in an HIV patient being treated for psoriatic arthritis. In addition, reports exist on gold-based inhibitors of reverse transcriptase (RT), protease (PR) and viral entry of host cells. These and other characteristics of gold-based HIV drugs are reviewed here.