Sani Sharif Usman

Progress in HIV-1 Prevention, Control and Treatment: Genetic Manipulation or Pharmacological Blockade of Chemokine Receptor 5?

Abdullahi Ibrahim Uba, Gonca Dilcan & Sani Sharif Usman · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2016

For Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) to invade the host cells it requires human cluster of differentiation (CD4) receptor and a chemokine receptor, principally chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5). Although the viral particles interact with several receptors on cell surface, a...