ArticleCell host & microbe2015
BIRC2/cIAP1 Is a Negative Regulator of HIV-1 Transcription and Can Be Targeted by Smac Mimetics to Promote Reversal of Viral Latency.
Article in Cell host & microbe, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled 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.
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.
Who cites it
112 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 146 citations in OpenAlex.
- Transcriptome profiles of latently- and reactivated HIV-1 infected primary CD4Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- Multiple Inhibitory Factors Act in the Late Phase of HIV-1 Replication: a Systematic Review of the Literature.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2018Pooled it
- PKC inhibitors reveal PKC isoforms involved in HIV latency reversal and immunomodulation.Journal of virology · 2026Article
- AZD5582 robustly reactivates latently infected cells and clears the majority of those reactivated from the SIV reservoir.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Blocking Host Factors IAP and DDX3 Activates HIV-1 Transcription and Increases Apoptosis Sensitivity of HIV-1 Infected Cells.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Smac mimetic combined with eCD4-Ig reverses latency without reducing SHIV reservoirs in rhesus macaques.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026Article
- World free HIV: the novel therapeutic approaches for eliminating latent HIV infection.Virology journal · 2026Review
- Tools to Quantify and Characterize the Persistent Reservoir in People with HIV-1: Focus on Non-B Subtypes.Viruses · 2026Review
- CHIP/STUB1 suppresses the transcription and latent reactivation of HIV-1 via the TRAF6-NF-κB-HIV-LTR axis.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Host-directed approaches in the pursuit of a cure for HIV.Antiviral research · 2025Review
- Identification of Subtypes and Diagnostic Markers Related to Necroptosis in Sepsis.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Global siRNA screen identifies human host factors critical for SARS-CoV-2 replication and late stages of infection.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- BIRC2 blockade facilitates immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma.Molecular cancer · 2025Article
- GS143, an inhibitor of E3 ligase β-TrCP, reverses HIV-1 latency without activating T cells via unconventional activation of NFκB.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- A First-in-Class Dual Degrader of Bcl-2/Bcl-xL Reverses HIV Latency and Minimizes Ex Vivo Reservoirs from Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Synergistic Activity of Second Mitochondrial-Derived Activator of Caspases Mimetic with Toll-like Receptor 8 Agonist Reverses HIV-1-Latency and Enhances Antiviral Immunity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Latency Reversing Agents and the Road to an HIV CurePathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Reactivation of latent HIV-1 by the glucocorticoid receptor modulator AZD9567.Journal of virology · 2025Article
- Pan-caspase inhibitors induce secretion of HIV-1 latency reversal agent lymphotoxin-alpha from cytokine-primed NK cells.Cell death discovery · 2025Article
- The HIV-1 Transcriptional Program: From Initiation to Elongation Control.Journal of molecular biology · 2025Review
52 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
20 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) is able to suppress HIV-1 replication to undetectable levels. However, the persistence of latent viral reservoirs allows for a rebound of viral load upon cessation of therapy. Thus, therapeutic strategies to eradicate the viral latent reservoir are critically needed. Employing a targeted RNAi screen, we identified the ubiquitin ligase BIRC2 (cIAP1), a repressor of the noncanonical NF-κB pathway, as a potent negative regulator of LTR-dependent HIV-1 transcription. Depletion of BIRC2 through treatment with small molecule antagonists known as Smac mimetics enhanced HIV-1 transcription, leading to a reversal of latency in a JLat latency model system. Critically, treatment of resting CD4+ T cells isolated from ART-suppressed patients with the histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) panobinostat together with Smac mimetics resulted in synergistic activation of the latent reservoir. These data implicate Smac mimetics as useful agents for shock-and-kill strategies to eliminate the latent HIV reservoir.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.