Anti-HIV-1 Therapeutics: From FDA-approved Drugs to Hypothetical Future Targets

Table 1.

Classes of Anti-HIV-1 Therapeutics: From FDA-approved Drugs to Hypothetical Future Targets

Class/Target Example
1Date of FDA approval
FDA Approved
Reverse Transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
    Nucleoside analog RT inhibitors (NRTI) AZT (zidovudine) (1987)1
    Non-nucleoside RT inhibitors (NNRTI) Nevirapine (1996)
Protease (PR) inhibitors Saquinavir (1995)
Entry/fusion inhibitors
    Gp41-based T20 (Enfuvirtide) (2003)
    CCR5-based Maraviroc (2007)
Integrase (IN) inhibitors Raltegravir (2007)
In Clinical Trials
Gag-processing-based maturation inhibitors Bevirimat
Under Development
RNaseH inhibitors
Capsid (CA)-based maturation inhibitors
Budding inhibitors
LEDGF-based inhibitors
Vpu/tetherin-based inhibitors
Vif/APOBEC3G-based inhibitors
CA/TRIM5α-based inhibitors

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  1. MI April 2009 vol. 9 no. 2 70-74