Probe to gene expressions in HIV infected CD4 T cells in the presence of CDK, caspase inhibitors and Nef

HIV-1 infection selectively alters gene expressions of CD4 T cells. To understand the effects of HIV to the expressions of CDK and caspase pathway genes in the presence and absence of Nef, we infected CD8-depleted PBMC from healthy donors with HIV-1 BAL in the presence of BB-94, PD-0332991, QVD-OPH or DMSO control, or with Nef-sufficient, Nef-deficient Vpu-sufficient, Vpu-deficient NL4-3 strain of HIV-1. On day 6 of infection, cells were enriched for CD4 T cells for gene expression profile analyses by RNA sequencing. We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of 16 different treated CD4 T cells. All treatments are done in duplicates with DMSO controls. Infections with Nef-sufficient (wildtype), deficient, deficient NL4-3 HIV were also carried out in duplicates.