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Yessi Pratiwi — February 13, 2008 / 11:12 pm
Scientists at Rockefeller University and the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center have pinned down a molecule on the surface of human cells. They held the study in a mission that the research will open up the field of virology to an entirely new suite of possibilities and paves the way for future drug research.
At the previous researches, scientist discovered that normal HIV-1 particles are able to extricate themselves from the sticky membrane surface using a protein called Vpu. Now, it is published in Nature that they have found a protein they dubbed “tetherin” for its ability to keep viruses tied to a cell.
This research, said the scientist, hopefully could give a new perspective on how this protein antagonizes other viruses, how viruses learn to get around it. It is discovered that cells defend themselves against viruses in the research.
Hopefully, this study will be very helpful to find a kind of protein that provide a potential therapeutic target in HIV.
Journal reference: Nature online: January 16, 2008
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