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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2002

Effect of lamivudine on transmission of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 to adult peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro.

Emanuela Balestrieri, Giancarlo Forte, Claudia Matteucci, Antonio Mastino, Beatrice Macchi

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Emanuela BalestrieriDepartment of Microbiological, Genetic and Molecular Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Giancarlo Forte
Claudia Matteucci
Antonio Mastino
Beatrice Macchi

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effects of lamivudine (3TC) on in vitro infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from healthy donors with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) were investigated. Direct measures of viral replication (viral DNA, RNA, and protein) all gave similar, very high 50% inhibitory concentrations in comparison with those previously reported for zidovudine. Nevertheless, 3TC inhibited HTLV-1-driven long-term growth of infected PBMC in vitro at concentrations (6.25 micro M) which had poor or no direct antiviral effects, suggesting that another mechanism may be playing a role.

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Anti-HIV AgentsCoculture TechniquesDeltaretrovirus InfectionsDNA, ViralHumansHuman T-lymphotropic virus 1LamivudineMonocytesVirus ReplicationAnti-HIV AgentsDNA, ViralLamivudine

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PMID12183277
PMCPMC127437

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