Figure 2.
Antioxidants inhibit opioid-mediated reactivation of HIV. Latently-HIV-infected ACH-2 T lymphoblasts were cultured for 24 hours with of heroin (A, C) or morphine (B, D) in the presence or absence of the antioxidants N-acetylcystein (NAC) (A, B) or glutathione (C, D). HIV replication was quantified by intracellular staining of HIV p24-antigen and flow cytometry.