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Hijacking the Host: Post-Translational Modifications as Molecular Switches in HIV Persistence and Immune Evasion
Carlos Armando Jaime Arrambide1, Sajad Karampoor2, Ihab M Abdelrahim3
1Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexican institution of social security, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Achieving a functional cure for HIV-1 requires dismantling the molecular circuits that enable viral latency and immune evasion. Beyond transcriptional silencing and epigenetic repression, post-translational modifications (PTMs) of host and viral proteins operate as dynamic molecular switches that regulate all phases of the viral life cycle, from integration and transcription to immune recognition and reservoir maintenance. This review synthesizes recent discoveries across major PTM types, including phosphorylation, ubiquitination, SUMOylation, acetylation, methylation, glycosylation, and ISGylation, and highlights how these modifications modulate intrinsic and adaptive immunity, chromatin state, protein turnover, and viral RNA metabolism. We further explore how targeting PTM networks offers a promising therapeutic avenue to reverse latency, destabilize reservoirs, or enhance immune clearance with minimal off-target activation. By surveying the HIV-PTM regulatory landscape, we highlight actionable nodes that can inform next-generation strategies for durable remission and immune reprogramming.
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