Article
Cocaine Acts Through Sigma-1 to Enhance HIV Infection of Microglia
2025-08-07
Abstract excerpt
Cocaine use disorder is highly comorbid in people with HIV and can accelerate infection, alter neuropathology, and exacerbate cognitive decline despite antiretroviral therapy (ART). Many of these effects are due to infection and dysregulation of CNS myeloid cells, especially microglia, which comprise a significant reservoir in this compartment. However, the precise mechanism(s) by which cocaine (Coc) enhances HIV...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 006da025-42c3-5f64-a250-d7ce83b17eda
- DOI
- 10.1101/2025.08.06.668840
