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ReviewViruses2021

HIV-1 Entry and Membrane Fusion Inhibitors.

Tianshu Xiao, Yongfei Cai, Bing Chen

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Review in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. The Interplay of Lipids and Peptides in Membrane Merger.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  12. HIV Virion Capturing Liposomes for Therapeutic Vaccination.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tianshu XiaoDivision of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Yongfei CaiDivision of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Bing ChenDivision of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Harvard University · USBoston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Structure-function studies of the membrane-interacting domains of HIV-1 Env spikeR01AI127193 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHEN, BING, HARRISON, STEPHEN COPLAN · 2016 to 2025
$8.4M
Structure of the full-length spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 in the context of membraneR01AI147884 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHEN, BING · 2020 to 2024
$3.4M
Structural Basis of Coreceptor Recognition by HIV-1 Envelope SpikeR01AI141002 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHEN, BING · 2018 to 2022
$2.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127193NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI141002NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI147884
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus type 1) infection begins with the attachment of the virion to a host cell by its envelope glycoprotein (Env), which subsequently induces fusion of viral and cell membranes to allow viral entry. Upon binding to primary receptor CD4 and coreceptor (e.g., chemokine receptor CCR5 or CXCR4), Env undergoes large conformational changes and unleashes its fusogenic potential to drive the membrane fusion. The structural biology of HIV-1 Env and its complexes with the cellular receptors not only has advanced our knowledge of the molecular mechanism of how HIV-1 enters the host cells but also provided a structural basis for the rational design of fusion inhibitors as potential antiviral therapeutics. In this review, we summarize our latest understanding of the HIV-1 membrane fusion process and discuss related therapeutic strategies to block viral entry.

Indexed as

Anti-Retroviral AgentsHIV-1HIV Fusion InhibitorsHIV InfectionsHumansMembrane FusionVirus InternalizationAnti-Retroviral AgentsHIV Fusion Inhibitorsenvelope glycoproteinfusion inhibitorHIVmembrane fusionviral entry

Identifiers

PMID33922579
PMCPMC8146413
OpenAlexW3157219655

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