The formulated microbicide RC-101 was safe and antivirally active following intravaginal application in pigtailed macaques.

RC-101 is a congener of the antiretroviral peptide retrocyclin, which we and others have reported is active against clinical HIV-1 isolates from all major clades, does not hemagglutinate, and is non-toxic and non-inflammatory in cervicovaginal cell culture. Herein, film-formulated RC-101 was assesse...

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Main Authors: Alexander M Cole, Dorothy L Patton, Lisa C Rohan, Amy L Cole, Yvonne Cosgrove-Sweeney, Nicole A Rogers, Deena Ratner, Alexandra B Sassi, Carol Lackman-Smith, Patrick Tarwater, Bharat Ramratnam, Piotr Ruchala, Robert I Lehrer, Alan J Waring, Phalguni Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2993972?pdf=render