HIV uses autophagy for its own means

Not satisfied with simply thwarting its host's defensive manoeuvres, HIV actually twists one to its advantage, based on new findings from Kyei et al. in the 27 July issue of the Journal of Cell Biology (www.jcb.org). Vojo Deretic and colleagues suggest that autophagy - a stress response process - helps HIV to proliferate and that conversely, blocking autophagy lessens HIV production...

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