Compound and method for suppressing retroviral replication

摘要

In one aspect, the invention provides an antiretroviral peptide that suppresses replication of a retrovirus and the use thereof to inhibit retroviral replication within cells infected with a retrovirus. The method can be used in vivo to treat retroviral infection in human or veterinary subjects, and the inventive antiretroviral peptide can be formulated in pharmaceutical compositions to facilitate such method. In another aspect, the invention provides a method for extracting peptides localized to cell exosomes.