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Maraviroc

馬拉韋羅
Mechanism of action:
Maraviroc 是一種 CCR5 受體拮抗劑(CCR5 antagonist)。Maraviroc 會與細胞膜上的 CCR5(C-C chemokine receptor 5)結合,改變其構型,使其無法被 HIV-1 的外殼醣蛋白 gp120 辨識。這讓病毒無法進入細胞,因此無法複製。(對使用 CXCR4 作為輔助受體的病毒株作用有限)
Reference(s):
1. Chen X et al. (2002). TTD: Therapeutic Target Database. Nucleic Acids Res.
2. Levy JA et al. (2009). HIV pathogenesis: 25 years of progress and persistent challenges. AIDS.
3. Agrawal-Gamse C et al. (2009). Adaptive mutations in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope protein with a truncated V3 loop restore function by improving interactions with CD4. J Virol.
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