Genome-wide analysis of histone modifications in latently HIV-1 infected T cells. Homo sapiens

The epigenetic mechanisms established by histone modifications may affect the transcriptional silencing of HIV-1 and viral latency. A systematic epigenome profiling could be applicable to develop new epigenetic diagnostic markers for detecting HIV-1 latency. In this study, histone modification profiles of HIV-1 latency cell lines were compared with those of uninfected CD4+ T cell line. The HIV-1 latency gave rise to differential histone modification regions. The differential enrichment patterns helped us to define potential effector genes leading to the viral latency. Overall design: The histone H3K4me3 and H3K9ac profiles were obtained from the HIV-1 latency cell lines (NCHA1, NCHA2, and ACH2) and control CD4+ T cell line (A3.01)