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ArticleSTAR protocols2026

Protocol for HIV-1 latency reversal using engineered bacteriophage T4 particles.

Himanshu Batra, Venigalla B Rao

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Article in STAR protocols, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

2 authors.

Himanshu BatraBacteriophage Medical Research Center, Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA. Electronic address: himanshu.batra@childrens.harvard.edu.
Venigalla B RaoBacteriophage Medical Research Center, Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA. Electronic address: rao@cua.edu.

Funding

Engineering Bacteriophage T4 as a Targeted Gene Therapy Drug for in vivo HIV CureDP1DA060580 · NIDA · CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA · PI Venigalla B. Rao · 2024 to 2026
$3.0M
Structural Mechanisms Of Genome Flow In Bacteriophage T4 And Their Biomedical ApplicationsR01AI175340 · NIAID · CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA · PI Venigalla B. Rao · 2023 to 2026
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI175340NIDA NIH HHS DP1 DA060580
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major barrier to curing HIV-1 is the latent viral reservoir in resting CD4+ T cells. Here, we present a protocol for preparing CD4-DARPin (designed ankyrin repeat protein)-T4 nanoparticles and their application to HIV-1 latency reversal in a model of HIV-1 latency. We describe steps for producing T4 capsid nanoparticles in E. coli and their decoration with the CD4-targeting DARPin ligand fused to the T4 outer capsid protein Hoc. We then detail procedures for assessing proviral reactivation using fluorescence readouts. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Batra et al.

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immunologymicrobiologyprotein biochemistryprotein expression and purification

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PMID42470641
PMCPMC13400660

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