IL17A and HIV infectious disease: Additionally, we observed that panobinostat increased IL-17A expression in the intestinal epithelium and IL-17a is known to induce the production of antimicrobial peptides that may help to maintain the intestinal epithelial barrier which is damaged during HIV infection (Brenchley et al., 2006; Liang et al., 2006; Christensen et al., 2015).