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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-16
pubmed:abstractText
Astrocyte infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is considered rare, so astrocytes are thought to play a secondary role in HIV neuropathogenesis. By combining double immunohistochemistry, laser capture microdissection, and highly sensitive multiplexed polymerase chain reaction to detect HIV DNA in single astrocytes in vivo, we showed that astrocyte infection is extensive in subjects with HIV-associated dementia, occurring in up to 19% of GFAP+ cells. In addition, astrocyte infection frequency correlated with the severity of neuropathological changes and proximity to perivascular macrophages. Our data indicate that astrocytes can be extensively infected with HIV, and suggest an important role for HIV-infected astrocytes in HIV neuropathogenesis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1531-8249
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
253-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-6-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19743454-AIDS Dementia Complex, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Encephalitis, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-HIV, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Lasers, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Microdissection, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19743454-Severity of Illness Index
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Extensive astrocyte infection is prominent in human immunodeficiency virus-associated dementia.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Virology, The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. churchil@burnet.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural