| Literature DB >> 22705107 |
Christophe Vanpouille1, Anush Arakelyan, Leonid Margolis.
Abstract
The development of efficient microbicides, the topically applied compounds that protect uninfected individuals from acquiring HIV-1, is a promising strategy to contain HIV-1 epidemics. Such microbicides should of course possess anti-HIV-1 activity, but they should also act against other genital pathogens, which facilitate HIV-1 transmission. The new trend in microbicide strategy is to use drugs currently used in HIV-1 therapy. The success of this strategy is mixed so far and is impaired by our limited knowledge of the basic mechanisms of HIV-1 transmission as well as by the inadequacy of the systems in which microbicides are tested in preclinical studies. Published by Elsevier Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22705107 PMCID: PMC3756685 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2012.05.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Microbiol ISSN: 0966-842X Impact factor: 17.079