Abstract

While HIV-1 infection of macrophages plays a major role in viral persistence and pathogenesis, how HIV-1 transfers from infected T cells to macrophages remains elusive. In this issue, Mascarau et al. (2023. J. Cell Biol.https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202205103) demonstrate how macrophage polarization drives their ability to fuse with HIV-1 infected T cells via the CD81/RhoA-ROCK/Myosin axis.

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