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Identification and characterization of a macrophage-tropic SIV envelope glycoprotein variant in blood from early infection in SIVmac251-infected macaques.
Virology - 1 Jun 2014
Yen Po-Jen, Mefford Megan E, Hoxie James A, Williams Kenneth C, Desrosiers Ronald C, Gabuzda Dana
Abstract excerpt
Macrophages play an important role in HIV/SIV pathogenesis by serving as a reservoir for viral persistence in brain and other tissues. Infected macrophages have been detected in brain early after infection, but macrophage-tropic viruses are rarely isolated until late-stage infection. Little is known about early variants that establish persistent infection in brain. Here, we characterize a unique macrophage-tropic...
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