A Peptide-Based HIV-1 Fusion Inhibitor with Two Tail-Anchors and Palmitic Acid Exhibits Substantially Improved In Vitro and Ex Vivo Anti-HIV-1 Activity and Prolonged In Vivo Half-Life

Enfuvirtide (T20) is the first U.S. FDA-approved HIV fusion inhibitor-based anti-HIV drug. Its clinical application is limited because of its low potency and short half-life. We previously reported that peptide HP23-E6-IDL, containing both N- and C-terminal anchor-tails, exhibited stronger potency a...

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Main Authors: Shan Su, Giselle Rasquinha, Lanying Du, Qian Wang, Wei Xu, Weihua Li, Lu Lu, Shibo Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/6/1134