This project focuses on basic and applied research on human retroviruses, HIV-1 and HTLV-I. It covers three broad areas: I) basic research studying the regulated expression of HIV-1; II) basic research on cellular transformation events as related to HTLV-I; and III) applied research towards developing HIV-1-based vectors and designing molecular ribozymes targeted against HIV-1.Some notable scientific findings from our research program in 1998-1999 include: 1) the cloning of the human IKK-gamma cDNA; 2) the identification of epithelins as extracellular Tat co-factors; 3) the generation of attenuated HIV-1 molecular clones using IkB-alpha protein; 4) the elucidation of redox regulation of selenoproteins as a consequence of HIV-1 infection of T- cells; 5) the characterization of a novel Tax-binding protein that has an anti-apoptotic phenotype. - AIDS, Adult T-cell leukemia, Cancer, HIV-1, HTLV-I
Yeung, Man Lung; Houzet, Laurent; Yedavalli, Venkat S R K et al. (2009) A genome-wide short hairpin RNA screening of jurkat T-cells for human proteins contributing to productive HIV-1 replication. J Biol Chem 284:19463-73 |
Yeung, Man Lung; Bennasser, Yamina; Watashi, Koichi et al. (2009) Pyrosequencing of small non-coding RNAs in HIV-1 infected cells: evidence for the processing of a viral-cellular double-stranded RNA hybrid. Nucleic Acids Res 37:6575-86 |
Grassmann, Ralph; Jeang, Kuan-Teh (2008) The roles of microRNAs in mammalian virus infection. Biochim Biophys Acta : |
Yeung, Man Lung; Bennasser, Yamina; Jeang, Kuan-Teh (2007) miRNAs in the biology of cancers and viral infections. Curr Med Chem 14:191-7 |
Jeang, Kuan-Teh (2007) World AIDS Day 2007: AIDS at 26, are we there yet? Retrovirology 4:86 |
Lee, Jia Hai; Yedavalli, Venkat Rk; Jeang, Kuan-Teh (2007) Activation of HIV-1 expression and replication by cGMP dependent protein kinase type 1-beta (PKG1beta). Retrovirology 4:91 |
Berkhout, Ben; Jeang, Kuan-Teh (2007) RISCy business: MicroRNAs, pathogenesis, and viruses. J Biol Chem 282:26641-5 |
Yeung, Man Lung; Bennasser, Yamina; Le, Shu-Yun et al. (2007) RNA interference and HIV-1. Adv Pharmacol 55:427-38 |
Yeung, Man Lung; Benkirane, Monsef; Jeang, Kuan-Teh (2007) Small non-coding RNAs, mammalian cells, and viruses: regulatory interactions? Retrovirology 4:74 |
Yedavalli, Venkat R K; Jeang, Kuan-Teh (2007) Methylation: a regulator of HIV-1 replication? Retrovirology 4:9 |
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