Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?
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...repeat (LTR) of the HIV-1 genome, which acts as a promoter, and found that SAM targeting of the enhancer ...NF-KB binding sites increased activation of HIV promoter-luciferase constructs. In multiple HIV-1 latent...cells with activated HIV-1, measured via HIV-1 promoter-driven GFP expression. In cell lines that can ...indels may not ablate viral function, but rather promote resistance to CRISPR/Cas9. While these results ... acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in untreated individuals. Symptoms of AIDS include rapid weight... viral levels will soon skyrocket back to pre-treatment levels due to the viral reservoirs located in ...in latently infected cells. Although ART-treated patients lack plasma HIV-1, they are at increased risk...