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Novel method to quantify phenotypic markers of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder in a murine SCID model.
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Dec 2020
Gavegnano Christina, Haile Woldeab, Koneru Raj, Hurwitz Selwyn J, Kohler James J, Tyor William R, Schinazi Raymond F
Abstract excerpt
Despite combined antiretroviral therapy (cART), HIV infection in the CNS persists with reported increases in activation of macrophages (MΦ), microglia, and surrounding astrocytes/neurons, conferring HIV-induced inflammation. Chronic inflammation results in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) with reported occurrence of up to half of individuals with HIV infection. The existing HAND mouse model used by...
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