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Histopathological and cognitive defects induced by Nef in the brain
1 Dec 2004
Abstract excerpt
Complex mechanisms of human immunodeficiency virus type‐1 (HIV‐1) brain pathogenesis suggest the contribution of individual HIV‐1 gene products. Among them, the Nef protein has been reported to harbor a major determinant of pathogenicity in AIDS‐like disease. The goal of the present study was to determine whether Nef protein expressed in vivo by primary macrophages could induce a brain toxicity also affecting the...
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