0 3 The the DT 4 5 T t NN 6 10 cell cell NN 11 21 activation activation NN 22 28 factor factor NN 29 35 NF-ATc NF-ATc NNP 36 46 positively positively RB 47 56 regulates regulate VBZ 57 62 HIV-1 HIV-1 NNP 63 74 replication replication NN 75 78 and and CC 79 83 gene gene NN 84 94 expression expression NN 95 97 in in IN 98 99 T t NN 100 105 cells cell NNS 105 106 . . . 108 116 Clinical clinical JJ 117 130 deterioration deterioration NN 131 133 in in IN 134 139 human human JJ 140 156 immunodeficiency immunodeficiency NN 157 162 virus virus NN 163 167 type type NN 168 169 1 1 CD 170 171 ( ( ( 171 176 HIV-1 HIV-1 NNP 176 177 ) ) ) 178 187 infection infection NN 188 190 is be VBZ 191 201 associated associate VBN 202 206 with with IN 207 216 increased increase VBN 217 223 levels level NNS 224 226 of of IN 227 232 viral viral JJ 233 244 replication replication NN 245 248 and and CC 249 255 burden burden NN 256 258 in in IN 259 262 the the DT 263 273 peripheral peripheral JJ 274 279 blood blood NN 280 283 and and CC 284 292 lymphoid lymphoid JJ 293 299 organs organ NNS 299 300 . . . 301 302 T t NN 303 307 cell cell NN 308 318 activation activation NN 319 322 and and CC 323 330 ensuing ensue VBG 331 339 cellular cellular JJ 340 344 gene gene NN 345 355 activation activation NN 356 359 can can MD 360 362 be be VB 363 371 critical critical JJ 372 375 for for IN 376 381 HIV-1 HIV-1 NNP 382 393 replication replication NN 393 394 . . . 395 398 The the DT 399 409 hypothesis hypothesis NN 410 414 that that IN 415 418 the the DT 419 426 nuclear nuclear JJ 427 433 factor factor NN 434 436 of of IN 437 446 activated activate VBN 447 448 T t NN 449 454 cells cell NNS 455 456 ( ( ( 456 461 NF-AT NF-AT NNP 461 462 ) ) ) 463 466 may may MD 467 476 influence influence VB 477 482 HIV-1 HIV-1 NNP 483 494 replication replication NN 495 497 is be VBZ 498 507 therefore therefore RB 508 518 compelling compelling JJ 519 524 given give VBN 525 528 the the DT 529 534 tight tight JJ 535 546 correlation correlation NN 547 549 of of IN 550 555 HIV-1 HIV-1 NNP 556 571 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 572 581 induction induction NN 582 584 to to TO 585 586 T t NN 587 591 cell cell NN 592 602 activation activation NN 602 603 . . . 604 606 We we PRP 607 613 report report VBP 614 618 that that IN 619 626 certain certain JJ 627 637 NF-AT(Rel) nf-at(rel) NN 638 644 family family NN 645 652 members member NNS 653 665 productively productively RB 666 670 bind bind VBP 671 674 the the DT 675 681 kappaB kappab NN 682 692 regulatory regulatory JJ 693 701 elements element NNS 701 702 , , , 703 712 synergize synergize VBP 713 717 with with IN 718 727 NF-kappaB NF-kappaB NNP 728 731 and and CC 732 735 Tat Tat NNP 736 738 in in IN 739 754 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 755 765 activation activation NN 766 768 of of IN 769 774 HIV-1 HIV-1 NNP 774 775 , , , 776 779 and and CC 780 787 enhance enhance VBP 788 793 HIV-1 HIV-1 NNP 794 805 replication replication NN 806 808 in in IN 809 810 T t NN 811 816 cells cell NNS 816 817 . . . 818 823 These these DT 824 831 results result NNS 832 836 link link VBP 837 847 regulatory regulatory JJ 848 855 factors factor NNS 856 864 critical critical JJ 865 867 to to TO 868 869 T t NN 870 874 cell cell NN 875 885 commitment commitment NN 886 894 directly directly RB 895 897 to to TO 898 903 HIV-1 HIV-1 NNP 904 915 replication replication NN 915 916 . . .