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@ARTICLE{Widera:151101,
author = {Widera, Marek and Klein, Antonia Nicole and Cinar, Yeliz
and Funke, Susanne and Willbold, Dieter and Schaal, Heiner},
title = {{T}he {D}-amino acid peptide {D}3 reduces amyloid fibril
boosted {HIV}-1 infectivity},
journal = {AIDS research and therapy},
volume = {11},
number = {1},
issn = {1742-6405},
address = {London},
publisher = {BioMed Central},
reportid = {FZJ-2014-01123},
pages = {1 - 7},
year = {2014},
abstract = {BackgroundAmyloid fibrils such as Semen-Derived Enhancer of
Viral Infection (SEVI) or amyloid-β-peptide (Aβ) enhance
HIV-1 attachment and entry. Inhibitors destroying or
converting those fibrils into non-amyloidogenic aggregates
effectively reduce viral infectivity. Thus, they seem to be
suitable as therapeutic drugs expanding the current
HIV-intervening repertoire of antiretroviral
compounds.FindingsIn this study, we demonstrate that the
small D-amino acid peptide D3, which was investigated for
therapeutic studies on Alzheimer’s disease (AD),
significantly reduces both SEVI and Aβ fibril boosted
infectivity of HIV-1.ConclusionsSince amyloids could play an
important role in the progression of AIDS dementia complex
(ADC), the treatment of HIV-1 infected individuals with D3,
that inhibits Aβ fibril formation and converts preformed
Aβ fibrils into non-amyloidogenic and non-fibrillar
aggregates, may reduce the vulnerability of the central
nervous system of HIV patients for HIV associated
neurological disorders.Keywords:HIV-1 infection; SEVI; D3;
Amyloid-beta; Alzheimer’s disease; D-enantiomeric peptide;
Drugs; Monomers; Oligomers},
cin = {ICS-6},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)ICS-6-20110106},
pnm = {452 - Structural Biology (POF2-452)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-452},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000332026100001},
pubmed = {pmid:24422713},
doi = {10.1186/1742-6405-11-1},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/151101},
}