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ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2012

The structural biology of HIV-1: mechanistic and therapeutic insights.

Alan Engelman, Peter Cherepanov

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Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 175 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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175citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. HIV Genome-Wide Protein Associations: a Review of 30 Years of Research.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2016
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  6. Mapping the vRNA Interaction with HIV-1 Integrase.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  12. Searching for a HIV-1 Cure.Theranostics · 2026
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  14. Recent Advances in Heterocyclic HIV Protease Inhibitors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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115 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Alan EngelmanDepartment of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. alan_engelman@dfci.harvard.edu
Peter Cherepanov

Funding

The impact of HIV viral diversity and cellular immunity on HIV pathogenesisP30AI060354 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI ROBERT A. PARKER · 2004 to 2026
$94.4M
Integrase Structural VirologyR01AI070042 · NIAID · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI ENGELMAN, ALAN N. · 2006 to 2020
$7.2M
Medical Research Council G0900116Medical Research Council G1000917NIAID NIH HHS AI070042NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI060354NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI070042
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three-dimensional molecular structures can provide detailed information on biological mechanisms and, for cases in which the molecular function affects human health, can significantly aid in the development of therapeutic interventions. For almost 25 years, key components of the lentivirus HIV-1, including the envelope glycoproteins, the capsid and the replication enzymes reverse transcriptase, integrase and protease, have been scrutinized to near atomic-scale resolution. Moreover, structural analyses of the interactions between viral and host cell components have yielded key insights into the mechanisms of viral entry, chromosomal integration, transcription and egress from cells. Here, we review recent advances in HIV-1 structural biology, focusing on the molecular mechanisms of viral replication and on the development of new therapeutics.

Indexed as

Virus ReplicationAnti-HIV AgentsCapsidHIV-1HIV InfectionsHIV IntegraseHIV Reverse TranscriptaseHuman Immunodeficiency Virus ProteinsHumansViral Envelope ProteinsVirus IntegrationVirus InternalizationVirus ReleaseAnti-HIV AgentsHIV IntegraseHIV Reverse TranscriptaseHuman Immunodeficiency Virus ProteinsViral Envelope Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22421880
PMCPMC3588166

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