To further characterize at which step of infection CE inhibited HIV-1, multi-dosing time assay experiments were performed with U373-CD4-CXCR4/CCR5 cells against infection of pseudotyped virus pNL4.3ΔEnvLuc-HXB2 and pNL4.3ΔEnvLuc-BAL.Pseudotyped viruses pNL4.3ΔEnvLuc-HXB2/BAL are only able for one cycle of viral infection and allow us to assess the infection level by measuring the luciferase value in the cell supernatant. The gene discussed is CXCR4; the disease is viral infectious disease.