Signatures of neurodegeneration in clinical samples from a subject with multiple sclerosis (MS) acutely infected with HIV were investigated with single-cell transcriptomics using 10X Chromium technology. Sequencing was carried out on NovaSeq-TM, and the analysis was performed with Cell Ranger software (v 7.1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSARS-CoV-2 is a highly infectious virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is important to assess the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, especially in persistently positive patients. Rapid discrimination between infectious and non-infectious viruses aids in determining whether prevention, control, and treatment measures are necessary.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn a restricted subset of people living with HIV-1 (PLWH) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) with persistent suppressed viral load (i.e., -based HIV-RNA repeatedly undetected), a dual-target ( and ) diagnostic assay for HIV-RNA monitoring can measure quantifiable levels of viral loads (VL) above 30 copies/mL exclusively through the amplification of the region, while the target results undetected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman and viral microRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in the regulation of gene transcription, and the establishment of their profiles in acute (AHI) and chronic (CHI) HIV infections may shed light on the pathogenetic events related to different phases of HIV disease. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) of miRNA libraries was performed, and the reads were used to analyze miRNA differential expression in the plasma with AHI and CHI. Functional analysis was then undertaken to investigate the biological processes characterizing the two phases of HIV infection.
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