The Progestin-Only Contraceptive Medroxyprogesterone Acetate, but Not Norethisterone Acetate, Enhances HIV-1 Vpr-Mediated Apoptosis in Human CD4+ T Cells through the Glucocorticoid Receptor

Investigating the anti-mineralocorticoid properties of synthetic progestins used in hormone therapy

(2013) Donita Africander et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Immunosuppressive Biological Mechanisms Support Reassessment of Use of the Injectable Contraceptive Medroxyprogesterone Acetate

(2013) Janet P. Hapgood   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Hormonal Contraception and HIV-1 Infection: Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Suppresses Innate and Adaptive Immune Mechanisms

(2013) Richard P. H. Huijbregts et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Critical Role for Antiapoptotic Bcl-xL and Mcl-1 in Human Macrophage Survival and Cellular IAP1/2 (cIAP1/2) in Resistance to HIV-Vpr-induced Apoptosis

(2012) Aurelia Busca et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Testosterone exerts antiapoptotic effects against H2O2 in C2C12 skeletal muscle cells through the apoptotic intrinsic pathway

(2012) Lucía Pronsato et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Dendritic Cell Activation and Memory Cell Development Are Impaired among Mice Administered Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Prior to Mucosal Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection

(2012) R. D. Vicetti Miguel et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Use of hormonal contraceptives and risk of HIV-1 transmission

(2012) Ronald H Gray   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

HIV-1 Induced Bystander Apoptosis

(2012) Himanshu Garg et al.   Viruses-Basel

The effects of injectable hormonal contraceptives on HIV seroconversion and on sexually transmitted infections

(2011) Handan Wand et al.   AIDS

Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition among women in South Africa

(2011) Charles S. Morrison et al.   AIDS

Hormonal Contraceptive Use and HIV Disease Progression Among Women in Uganda and Zimbabwe

(2011) Charles S Morrison et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Hormonal contraception and HIV: an unanswered question

(2011) Charles S Morrison et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Use of hormonal contraceptives and risk of HIV-1 transmission: a prospective cohort study

(2011) Renee Heffron et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Contraceptive Choices, Pregnancy Rates, and Outcomes in a Microbicide Trial

(2011) Sengeziwe Sibeko et al.   OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

HIV-1 Accessory Protein Vpr: Relevance in the pathogenesis of HIV and potential for therapeutic intervention

(2011) Michael Kogan et al.   Retrovirology

High prevalent and incident HIV-1 and herpes simplex virus 2 infection among male migrant and non-migrant sugar farm workers in Zambia

(2011) R. Heffron et al.   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

Differential nuclear localisation and promoter occupancy play a role in glucocorticoid receptor ligand-specific transcriptional responses

(2011) Katie E. Hadley et al.   STEROIDS

Molecular mechanisms of steroid receptor-mediated actions by synthetic progestins used in HRT and contraception

(2011) Donita Africander et al.   STEROIDS

HIV-1 viral protein r induces ERK and caspase-8-dependent apoptosis in renal tubular epithelial cells

(2010) Alexandra Snyder et al.   AIDS

Hormonal contraception and HIV acquisition: reanalysis using marginal structural modeling

(2010) Charles S Morrison et al.   AIDS

Modulation of HIV-1 virulence via the host glucocorticoid receptor: towards further understanding the molecular mechanisms of HIV-1 pathogenesis

(2010) Janet Patricia Hapgood et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

Sex Steroid Hormones, Hormonal Contraception, and the Immunobiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Infection

(2010) Zdenek Hel et al.   ENDOCRINE REVIEWS

CD4+ T Cell Depletion, Immune Activation and Increased Production of Regulatory T Cells in the Thymus of HIV-Infected Individuals

(2010) Alessandra Bandera et al.   PLoS One

Hormonal contraception and HIV disease progression: a multicountry cohort analysis of the MTCT-Plus Initiative

(2009) Elizabeth M Stringer et al.   AIDS

HIV disease progression by hormonal contraceptive method: secondary analysis of a randomized trial

(2009) Elizabeth M Stringer et al.   AIDS

Participation of HSP27 in the antiapoptotic action of 17β-estradiol in skeletal muscle cells

(2009) Andrea Vasconsuelo et al.   CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES

Androgen via p21 Inhibits Tumor Necrosis Factor α-induced JNK Activation and Apoptosis

(2009) Fangming Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

O-Linked N-Acetylglucosaminylation of Sp1 Inhibits the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Promoter

(2009) R. Jochmann et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Virion-Associated Vpr of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Triggers Activation of Apoptotic Events and Enhances Fas-Induced Apoptosis in Human T Cells

(2009) H. Arokium et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

The epidemiology of HIV infection among young people aged 15–24 years in southern Africa

(2008) Eleanor Gouws et al.   AIDS

HIV-1 Vpr: Mechanisms of G2 arrest and apoptosis

(2008) Joshua L. Andersen et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY

Hiv-1 Incidence among Women of Reproductive Age in Malawi

(2008) N I Kumwenda et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS

Reduced Viral Replication Capacity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype C Caused by Cytotoxic-T-Lymphocyte Escape Mutations in HLA-B57 Epitopes of Capsid Protein

(2008) C. L. Boutwell et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Ligand-selective transactivation and transrepression via the glucocorticoid receptor: Role of cofactor interaction

(2008) Katharina Ronacher et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Safety and tolerability of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate among HIV-infected women on antiretroviral therapy: ACTG A5093

(2007) D. Heather Watts et al.   CONTRACEPTION

Glucocorticoids: exemplars of multi-tasking

(2006) Julia C Buckingham   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY