Lokensgard J R, Gekker G, Hu S, Arthur A F, Chao C C, Peterson P K
Institute for Brain and Immune Disorders, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minnesota 55404, USA.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1997 Nov;41(11):2566-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.41.11.2566.
Treatment of acutely infected human brain cell and enriched microglial cell cultures with diazepam inhibited human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) p24 antigen expression. Similarly, diazepam suppressed HIV-1 expression in chronically infected promonocytic (U1) cells and acutely infected monocyte-derived macrophages, and this antiviral activity was associated with decreased activation of nuclear factor kappa B.