Article
In vivo infection of ramified microglia from adult cat central nervous system by feline immunodeficiency virus.
Virology - 15 Mar 2000
Hein A, Martin J P, Koehren F, Bingen A, Dörries R
Abstract excerpt
Infection of microglial cells by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is supposed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of AIDS-related central nervous system (CNS) complications. So far, however, experimental data about interactions between HIV and ramified microglia from the adult CNS were only occasionally reported, making it difficult to understand the exact nature of pathogenic events contributing...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, Viral
- Cats
- Cells, Cultured
- Central Nervous System
- Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline
- Microglia
- Phenotype