Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

ADAP1 promotes latent HIV-1 reactivation by selectively tuning KRAS–ERK–AP-1 T cell signaling-transcriptional axis

  • Nora-Guadalupe P. Ramirez,
  • Jeon Lee,
  • Yue Zheng,
  • Lianbo Li,
  • Bryce Dennis,
  • Didi Chen,
  • Ashwini Challa,
  • Vicente Planelles,
  • Kenneth D. Westover,
  • Neal M. Alto,
  • Iván D’Orso

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28772-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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By screening for host factors that influence HIV-1 proviral fate, the authors identified ADAP1 as a tuner of KRAS–ERK–AP-1 axis, which consequentially influences gene programs relevant for T cell activation and latent virus reactivation.