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Norepinephrine enhances adhesion of HIV-1-infected leukocytes to cardiac microvascular endothelial cells.
Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) - 1 Jun 2003
Sundstrom J B, Martinson D E, Mosunjac M, Bostik P, McMullan L K, Donahoe R M, Gravanis M B, Ansari A A
Abstract excerpt
Recent reports have indicated that norepinephrine (NE) enhances HIV replication in infected monocytes and promotes increased expression of select matrix metalloproteinases associated with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in vitro in co-cultures of HIV-infected leukocytes and human cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC-C). The influence of NE on HIV infection and leukocyte-endothelial interactions suggests a...
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