[Infectivity inhibition of HIV prototype strains by antibodies directed against a peptide sequence of mycoplasma]

C R Acad Sci III. 1990;311(12):425-30.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Antibodies prepared against a peptide corresponding to the site of cyto-adherence of Mycoplasma genitalium adhesine inhibit or reduce the infectivity of the HIV-1BRU and HIV-2ROD strains of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in lymphoid cells. These results strengthen the hypothesis that some mycoplasmas may play an important part in HIV replication and pathogenicity.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Depression, Chemical
  • HIV / classification
  • HIV / drug effects*
  • HIV / immunology
  • HIV / pathogenicity
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycoplasma / chemistry
  • Mycoplasma / immunology*
  • Rabbits

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial