Human cellular restriction factors that target HIV-1 replication

BMC Med. 2009 Sep 16:7:48. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-7-48.

Abstract

Recent findings have highlighted roles played by innate cellular factors in restricting intracellular viral replication. In this review, we discuss in brief the activities of apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme 3G (APOBEC3G), bone marrow stromal cell antigen 2 (BST-2), cyclophilin A, tripartite motif protein 5 alpha (Trim5alpha), and cellular microRNAs as examples of host restriction factors that target HIV-1. We point to countermeasures encoded by HIV-1 for moderating the potency of these cellular restriction functions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • APOBEC-3G Deaminase
  • Antigens, CD / physiology
  • Antiviral Restriction Factors
  • Carrier Proteins / physiology
  • Cyclophilin A / physiology
  • Cytidine Deaminase / physiology
  • GPI-Linked Proteins
  • HIV Infections / immunology*
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • HIV-1 / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Innate*
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / physiology
  • MicroRNAs / physiology
  • Tripartite Motif Proteins
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • Virus Replication / immunology*

Substances

  • Antigens, CD
  • Antiviral Restriction Factors
  • BST2 protein, human
  • Carrier Proteins
  • GPI-Linked Proteins
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • MicroRNAs
  • Tripartite Motif Proteins
  • TRIM5 protein, human
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • APOBEC-3G Deaminase
  • APOBEC3G protein, human
  • Cytidine Deaminase
  • Cyclophilin A