Abstract
Protease inhibitors (PIs) block HIV-1 maturation into an infectious virus particle by inhibiting the protease processing of gag and gag-pol precursor proteins. We have used a simple anti-HIV-1 p24 Western blot to monitor the processing of p55gag precursor into the mature p24 capsid immediately following the first dosage of a PI-containing treatment regimen. Evidence of PI activity was observed in plasma virus as early as 72 hours post treatment-initiation and was predictive of plasma viral RNA decrease at 4 weeks.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2 |
| Journal | AIDS Research and Therapy |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 12 Apr 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- HIV-1
- Protease inhibitors
- p24 antigen capture