Syndecans serve as attachment receptors for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 on macrophages

ACS Saphire, MD Bobardt, Z Zhang, G David… - Journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Macrophages are thought to represent one of the first cell types in the body to be infected
during the early stage of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmission and …

[PDF][PDF] The cyclophilin inhibitor Debio‐025 shows potent anti–hepatitis C effect in patients coinfected with hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus

R Flisiak, A Horban, P Gallay, M Bobardt… - …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Debio‐025 is an oral cyclophilin (Cyp) inhibitor with potent anti–hepatitis C virus activity in
vitro. Its effect on viral load as well as its influence on intracellular Cyp levels was investigated …

[HTML][HTML] The isomerase active site of cyclophilin A is critical for hepatitis C virus replication

U Chatterji, M Bobardt, S Selvarajah, F Yang… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
… to 2.5 μm. Debio 025 (gift from Debiopharm, Lausanne, Switzerland) was prepared in
ethanol at 10 mm and diluted further in tissue culture medium to 2 μm for each experiment. …

[HTML][HTML] Syndecan captures, protects, and transmits HIV to T lymphocytes

MD Bobardt, ACS Saphire, HC Hung, X Yu… - Immunity, 2003 - cell.com
This study demonstrates that syndecan functions as an in trans HIV receptor. We show that
syndecan, when expressed in nonpermissive cells, becomes the major mediator for HIV …

Cell-free human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transcytosis through primary genital epithelial cells

MD Bobardt, U Chatterji, S Selvarajah… - Journal of …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Although the transport of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) through the epithelium
is critical for HIV-1 colonization, the mechanisms controlling this process remain obscure. …

[HTML][HTML] DEB025 (Alisporivir) inhibits hepatitis C virus replication by preventing a cyclophilin A induced cis-trans isomerisation in domain II of NS5A

…, U Chatterji, C Berger, J Snoeck, M Bobardt… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
DEB025/Debio 025 (Alisporivir) is a cyclophilin (Cyp)-binding molecule with potent anti-hepatitis
C virus (HCV) activity both in vitro and in vivo. It is currently being evaluated in phase II …

Syndecan-3 is a dendritic cell-specific attachment receptor for HIV-1

L de Witte, M Bobardt, U Chatterji… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Dendritic cells (DCs) efficiently capture HIV-1 and mediate transmission to T cells, but the
underlying molecular mechanism is still being debated. The C-type lectin DC-SIGN is …

Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication in human cells by Debio-025, a novel cyclophilin binding agent

…, UT Ruegg, LA Pallansch, MD Bobardt… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Debio-025 is a synthetic cyclosporine with no immunosuppressive capacity but a high
inhibitory potency against cyclophilin A (CypA)-associated cis-trans prolyl isomerase (PPIase) …

Contribution of proteoglycans to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 brain invasion

MD Bobardt, P Salmon, L Wang, JD Esko… - Journal of …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
… We deeply thank M. Witte and M. Weinand for providing primary BMECs from discarded
temporal lobe tissues. We thank M. Emerman for providing us with the Jurkat-CCR5 cells and P. …

[HTML][HTML] Host cyclophilin A mediates HIV-1 attachment to target cells via heparans

ACS Saphire, MD Bobardt, PA Gallay - The EMBO journal, 1999 - embopress.org
The present study proposes a novel mode of action for cyclophilin A (CypA) in the HIV-1 life
cycle. We demonstrate that CypA-deficient viruses do not replicate because they fail to …