HIV |
human immunodeficiency virus |
cART |
combination antiretroviral therapy |
DNA |
deoxyribonucleic acid |
LRAs |
latency reversal agents |
EVs |
extracellular vesicles |
CD63 |
cluster of differentiation 63 |
CD9 |
cluster of differentiation 9 |
CD81 |
cluster of differentiation 81 |
Alix |
Programmed cell death 6-interacting protein |
Tsg101 |
tumor susceptibility gene 101 protein |
RNA |
ribonucleic acid |
mRNA |
messenger RNA |
miRNAs |
microRNA (small single-stranded non-coding RNA molecule) |
Nef |
Negative Regulatory Factor |
MHC |
major histocompatibility complex |
CD4 |
cluster of differentiation 4 |
Tat |
trans-Activator of Transcription |
CCR5 |
C-C chemokine receptor type 5 |
CXCR4 |
C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 |
PBMCs |
peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
Env |
Envelope glycoprotein |
Gp120 |
Glycoprotein 120 |
CD8 |
cluster of differentiation 8 |
Tregs |
regulatory T cells |
IgA |
Immunoglobulin A |
IgG |
Immunoglobulin B |
APOBEC3G (A3G) |
apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like 3G |
TLR |
Toll-like receptor |
ISG |
IFN-stimulated genes |
ISG15 |
IFN-stimulated gene 15 |
ISG56 |
IFN-stimulated gene 56 |
MxB |
gene coding for myxovirus resistance protein B |
OAS-1 |
gene coding for 2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetase 1 |
GBP5 |
gene coding for guanylate binding protein 5 |
RNAsa-L |
Ribonuclease L |
miRNA-17 |
micro-RNA 17 |
miRNA-20 |
micro-RNA 20 |
miRNA-28 |
micro-RNA 28 |
miRNA-29 |
micro-RNA 29 |
miRNA-125b |
micro-RNA 125b |
IFN |
Interferon |
LTR |
long terminal repeat |
NF-kβ |
nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
DC-SIGN |
dendritic Cell-Specific Intercellular adhesion molecule-3-Grabbing Non-integrin |
Cdk9 |
Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 |
c-Src |
proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src |
PI3K |
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
AKT-1 |
RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase |
mTOR |
Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Kinase |
STAT3 |
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |
TAR |
trans-activation response element |
IL-6 |
interleukin-6 |
TNF-β |
tumor necrosis factor beta |
PKR |
protein kinase R |
vimR88 |
viral micro-RNA 88 |
vmiR99 |
viral micro-RNA 99 |
TLR8 |
Toll-like receptor 8 |
TNFα |
tumor necrosis factor α |
ADAM17 |
tumor necrosis factor-α-converting enzyme |