Patents Assigned to Centre NAtional de la Rechercxhe Scientifique
  • METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE TROPISM AND RECEPTOR USAGE OF A VIRUS, IN PARTICULAR HIV, IN BODY SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE CIRCULATION
    Publication number: 20150057173
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microarrays, sets of primers and methods for determining the co-receptor usage of a virus, in particular whether HIV uses CXCR4 or CCR5 as co-receptor. The methods and compositions of the invention are based on microRNA analysis. The invention can be used to determine virus tropism in any species or organism that expresses microRNAs, particularly in human beings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicants: Prestizia, Centre NAtional de la Rechercxhe Scientifique, Universite Montpellier 2 Sciences et Techniques
    Inventors: Dominique Blanchard, Sophie Bonnel, Valerie Courgnaud, Charles-Henri Lecellier, Marjorie Monleau