HIV latency: should we shock or lock?

G Darcis, B Van Driessche, C Van Lint - Trends in immunology, 2017 - cell.com
Combinatory antiretroviral therapy (cART) increases the survival and quality of life of HIV-1-infected
patients. However, interruption of therapy almost invariably leads to the re-…

[HTML][HTML] … of Latency-Reversing Agent Combinations in Various In Vitro and Ex Vivo HIV-1 Latency Models Identified Bryostatin-1+JQ1 and Ingenol-B+JQ1 to Potently …

…, K Kabeya, C Vanhulle, B Van Driessche… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The persistence of latently infected cells in patients under combinatory antiretroviral therapy
(cART) is a major hurdle to HIV-1 eradication. Strategies to purge these reservoirs are …

Three novel antibiotic marker cassettes for gene disruption and marker switching in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

P Hentges, B Van Driessche, L Tafforeau… - Yeast, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… marker for strain construction are described in Van Driessche et al. (2005). … B and
phleomycin were purchased from Cayla. For efficient selection, some batches of hygromycin B

The molecular biology of HIV latency

…, B Van Driessche, DFJ Purcell, C Van Lint - HIV vaccines and cure …, 2018 - Springer
… Upon activation and in the absence of the Tat transactivator (b), the epigenetic
environment of the HIV-1 LTR becomes permissive for transcription, and active NF-kB and P-TEFb …

[PDF][PDF] Differential regulation of NF-κB-mediated proviral and antiviral host gene expression by primate lentiviral Nef and Vpu proteins

D Sauter, D Hotter, B Van Driessche, CM Stürzel… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
… Inhibition of NF-kB Activation by Vpu (A and B) 293T cells were transfected with the indicated
vpu alleles as described for Figure 1B using (A) human tetherin or (B) ca IKKb as inducer. …

Sequential treatment with 5‐aza‐2′‐deoxycytidine and deacetylase inhibitors reactivates HIV‐1

…, A Kula, G Darcis, B Van Driessche… - EMBO molecular …, 2016 - embopress.org
… As shown in Fig 3B, we observed that the progressively increased times of SAHA treatment
(24, 48 and 72 h) with a constant 72‐h 5‐AzadC treatment were associated with higher HIV …

CTIP2 is a negative regulator of P-TEFb

…, X Grana, B Van Driessche… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) is involved in physiological and
pathological events including inflammation, cancer, AIDS, and cardiac hypertrophy. The balance …

Preclinical shock strategies to reactivate latent HIV-1: an update

…, B Van Driessche, C Van Lint - Current opinion in HIV and …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
… Several mechanisms operating at the transcriptional level are involved in the
establishment and maintenance of HIV-1 latency, including the absence of crucial inducible …

Additional vectors for PCR‐based gene tagging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe using nourseothricin resistance

B Van Driessche, L Tafforeau, P Hentges, AM Carr… - Yeast, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The one‐step PCR‐mediated technique used for modification of chromosomal loci is a
powerful tool for functional analysis in yeast. Both Saccharomyces cerevisiae and …

HMGA1 recruits CTIP2-repressed P-TEFb to the HIV-1 and cellular target promoters

…, B Targat, H Hallay, B Van Driessche… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Active positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) is essential for cellular and human
immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transcription elongation. CTIP2 represses P-TEFb …