Hormonal Contraceptives Differentially Suppress TFV and TAF Inhibition of HIV Infection and TFV-DP in Blood and Genital Tract CD4+ T cells

Abstract HIV prevention research is focused on combining antiretrovirals (ARV) and progestin contraceptives to prevent HIV infection and pregnancy. The possibility that progestins compromise ARV anti-HIV activity prompted us to evaluate the effects of progestins on tenofovir (TFV) and TFV-alafenamid...

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Main Authors: Zheng Shen, Marta Rodriguez-Garcia, Mickey V. Patel, Jack Bodwell, Angela D. M. Kashuba, Charles R. Wira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18078-3