HIV–Host Interactions
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2019) | Viewed by 222
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Interests: My major professional interest is to address important questions in the life sciences with the tools of genetic analysis, molecular biology, biochemistry, and bioinformatics. My major focus in recent years has been uncovering the mechanism of resistance and susceptibility to HIV-1, to understand the interplay between host genetics, including human leukocyte antigens, KIR and other host genetic factors, with the HIV virus, and to use this knowledge to develop vaccines and therapeutics.
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Interests: HIV; SARS-CoV2; influenza; vaccines; bioinformatics; viral evolution; next-generation sequencing; virus–host interaction; viral genomics; HIV drug resistance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the 1980s, an estimated 77 million people globally have been infected with HIV-1 and more than 35 million have died of HIV/AIDS. Currently, there is no effective vaccine against HIV-1. Like other viruses, HIV depends on the host to reproduce and survive. A comprehensive understanding of HIV–host interactions is the key to developing effective HIV vaccines and preventative measures to avert new infections, to effectively care for the millions who have already been infected, and to eventually end the HIV pandemic.
This Special Issue on “HIV–Host Interactions” will cover all specific subjects concerning virus–host interactions, including viral mutation and fitness; the influence of host genetic factors; host restriction factors; host adaptive and innate immune factors in HIV infection and disease; HIV and host interactions in the era of anti-retroviral drug treatment; HIV mutation, adaptation and evolution; new genetic, immunological, bioinformatical technologies to investigate HIV and host interactions.
Dr. Ma Luo
Dr. Binhua Liang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Host anti-HIV and restriction factors
- Host adaptive and innate immune responses to HIV
- HLA, KIR and other genetic factors
- HIV mutation and fitness
- HIV and host interactions before and after ART
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