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ArticleResults and problems in cell differentiation2024

HIV-1 Induced Cell-to-Cell Fusion or Syncytium Formation.

Tobias Starling, Sergi Padilla-Parra

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Article in Results and problems in cell differentiation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. HIV-1 Vif and Vpr cooperatively modulate the cell cycle to maximize per-cell virion production.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Tobias StarlingDepartment of Infectious Diseases, King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, London, UK.
Sergi Padilla-ParraDepartment of Infectious Diseases, King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, London, UK. sergio.padilla_parra@kcl.ac.uk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HIV-1 cell-free infection has been thoroughly investigated; however, its relevance and importance in vitro are questionable. Cell-cell transmission is now thought to be the dominant mode of transmission within the host; however precise molecular details remain elusive. The considerable potency of cell-cell transmission hinges upon its ability to hijack and manipulate host immunological function to target uninfected cells, along with overcoming restriction factors and increasing the speed of latent pool formation. Another question of relevance is virus induced cell-cell fusion and how this process is regulated. How often HIV-1 induces the formation of syncytia? Is cell-cell function a potential process for HIV-1 transmission? These questions are discussed and reviewed together with a description of the most common ways of HIV-1 entry and transinfection.

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HIV-1Cell FusionGiant CellsCell-cell fusionHIV-1 entryHIV-1 transinfectionSyncytia

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