Retrovirology Research BioMed Central Open Access Suppression of HIV-1 replication by microRNA effectors Christine Chable-Bessia†1, Oussama Meziane†1, Daniel Latreille†1, Robinson Triboulet1, Alessia Zamborlini2, Alexandre Wagschal1, JeanMarc Jacquet3, Jacques Reynes3, Yves Levy4, Ali Saib2, Yamina Bennasser*1 and Monsef Benkirane*1 Address: 1Institut de Génétique Humaine CNRS UPR1142, Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, Montpellier, France, 2CNRS UMR7151 et Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France, 3Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre hospitalier universitaire Montpellier, France and 4INSERM, Unite U841, Université Paris 12, Faculté de Médecine, AP-HP, Groupe Henri-Mondor Albert-Chenevier, Immunologie clinique, Créteil, F-94010, France Email: Christine Chable-Bessia - ; Oussama Meziane - ; Daniel Latreille - ; Robinson. | Retrovirology BioMed Central Research Suppression of HIV-1 replication by microRNA effectors Christine Chable-Bessia41 Oussama Meziane41 Daniel Latreille41 Robinson Triboulet1 Alessia Zamborlini2 Alexandre Wagschal1 JeanMarc Jacquet3 Jacques Reynes3 Yves Levy4 Ali Saib2 Yamina Bennasser 1 and Monsef Benkirane 1 Address 1Institut de Génétique Humaine CNRS UPR1142 Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire Montpellier France 2CNRS UMR7151 et Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Paris France 3Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Centre hospitalier universitaire Montpellier France and 4INSERM Unite U841 Université Paris 12 Faculté de Médecine AP-HP Groupe Henri-Mondor Albert-Chenevier Immunologie clinique Créteil F-94010 France Email Christine Chable-Bessia - Oussama Meziane - Daniel Latreille - Alessia Zamborlini - Alexandre Wagschal - Jean- Marc Jacquet - jacquet@ Jacques Reynes - j-reynes@ Yves Levy - Ali Saib - Yamina Bennasser - Monsef Benkirane - Corresponding authors tEqual contributors Open Access Published 9 March 2009 Received 12 February 2009 Accepted 9 March 2009 Retrovirology 2009 6 26 doi l 742-4690-6-26 This article is available from http content 6 1 26 2009 Chable-Bessia et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract .