Abstract: N348I also enhanced levels of resistance conferred by
E138K against RPV and ETR by 2.2- and 2.3-fold, respectively.
Abstract: Clinical resistance to rilpivirine (RPV), a novel
nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase (
RT) inhibitor (
NNRTI), is associated an E-to-K mutation at position 138 (
E138K) in
RT together with an
M184I/V mutation that confers resistance against emtricitabine (FTC), a nucleoside
RT inhibitor (
NRTI) that is given together with RPV in therapy.