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ArticleThe American journal of pathology2011

Brain cell reservoirs of latent virus in presymptomatic HIV-infected individuals.

Katherine A Thompson, Catherine L Cherry, Jeanne E Bell, Catriona A McLean

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Article in The American journal of pathology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 150 papers.

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150 citing papers in PubMed, 208 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Katherine A ThompsonPathology Research Laboratory, Anatomical Pathology Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Catherine L Cherry
Jeanne E Bell
Catriona A McLean
The Alfred Hospital · AUBurnet Institute · AUWestern General Hospital · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We detected HIV-1 DNA in pure populations of perivascular macrophages, parenchymal microglia, and astrocytes, isolated using laser microdissection from brain tissue of five untreated individuals who died in the presymptomatic stage of infection from non-HIV causes. HIV-1 DNA was detected in the three cell populations, most consistently in perivascular macrophages, without evidence of productive infection. The percentage of PCR reactions detecting HIV-1 DNA in perivascular macrophages correlated inversely with peripheral blood CD4 counts. These findings demonstrate that brain cell reservoirs of latent HIV-1 exist before pathological HIV encephalitis and suggest that perivascular macrophage trafficking of latent virus into the brain increases with immunosuppression.

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AdultAmino Acid SequenceBrainFemalegag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansImmunohistochemistryLasersMaleMicrodissectionMiddle AgedMolecular Sequence DataVirus Latencygag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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PMID21871429
PMCPMC3181362
OpenAlexW2123711662

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