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Short Communication: Methamphetamine Treatment Increases <i>in Vitro</i> and <i>in Vivo</i> HIV Replication
1 Nov 2009
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To delineate the mechanistic basis for the epidemiological association between methamphetamine use and accelerated progression to AIDS, we evaluated the direct in vitro and in vivo effects of methamphetamine on HIV-1 replication. Methamphetamine administration significantly increased HIV-1 production by both HIV-infected monocytes and CD4 T lymphocytes in vitro. In addition, in vivo methamphetamine treatment...
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