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ArticleCurrent HIV research2010

HIV-1 nef protein visits B-cells via macrophage nanotubes: a mechanism for AIDS-related lymphoma pathogenesis?

Susanna L Lamers, Gary B Fogel, Leanne C Huysentruyt, Michael S McGrath

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Article in Current HIV research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. HIV-1 Nef in macrophage-mediated disease pathogenesis.International reviews of immunology · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Susanna L LamersPolytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Gary B Fogel
Leanne C Huysentruyt
Michael S McGrath
University of California, San Francisco · USNatural Selection (United States) · USSUNY Polytechnic Institute · US

Funding

West Coast AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource (ACSR)U01CA066529 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MCGRATH, MICHAEL SHANNON · 1994 to 2012
$16.1M
PBI Manufacture CoreU19MH081835 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HADLOCK, KENNETH · 2007 to 2011
$8.9M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA066529NIMH NIH HHS U19 MH081835
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This letter refers to the recent demonstration that HIV-1 infected macrophages form specialized conduits that connect to B-cells (1). The conduit selectively transports the HIV-1 nef protein, providing nef with numerous means to interfere with cellular processes. Currently, no consideration of the connection between the conduit and the development of AIDS-related lymphoma (ARL) has been offered. ARL is one of the primary causes of death in the HIV-infected population and is related to B-cell proliferation and activation. In this letter we discuss several studies that link HIV-infected macrophages and specific forms of the nef protein to the development of ARL. The conduits discovered by Xu et al. may lead to a better understanding of how HIV infection results in lymphomagenesis.

Indexed as

B-LymphocytesHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansLymphoma, AIDS-RelatedMacrophagesnef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virusnef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virusnef protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1

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PMID21067513
PMCPMC3471533
OpenAlexW1989321299

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