Statins Disrupt CCR5 and RANTES Expression Levels in CD4⁺ T Lymphocytes In Vitro and Preferentially Decrease Infection of R5 Versus X4 HIV-1

• Alexey A. Nabatov,

  Current address: Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Georgios Pollakis,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Thomas Linnemann,

  Current address: Berlin, Germany

  Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• William A. Paxton ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: w.a.paxton@amc.uva.nl

  Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Michel P. de Baar

  Current address: OctoPlus, Leiden, The Netherlands

  Affiliation Primagen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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