Abstract:Among all the HIV enzymes, integrase is responsible for the insertion of viral DNA in the host DNA. The aim of this article is to describe the integrase inhibitors drugs and report cases of resistance, in addition to discussing new promising compounds that are being evaluated as integrase inhibitors. Currently, there are only three drugs in clinical use that belong to the class of integrase inhibitors: raltegravir (a pirimidinone carboxamide derivative, elvitegravir (a quinoline derivative) and dolutegravir (a… Show more
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