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ReviewTissue barriers

HIV and viral protein effects on the blood brain barrier.

MaryPeace McRae

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Review in Tissue barriers. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Testis Is a Sanctuary Site for HIV-1.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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  8. Estrogen and viral infection.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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  15. Immune Functions of Astrocytes in Viral Neuroinfections.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

MaryPeace McRaeDepartment of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Sciences; Virginia Commonwealth University ; Richmond, VA USA.
University of Richmond · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The blood brain barrier (BBB) plays a critical role in the normal physiology of the central nervous system (CNS) by regulating what crosses from the periphery into the brain. Damage to the BBB or alterations in transport systems may mediate the pathogenesis of many CNS diseases, including HIV-associated CNS dysfunction. HIV-1 infection can result in neuropathologic changes in about one half of infected individuals and also can result in damage to the BBB. HIV-1 and the HIV-1 viral proteins, Tat and gp120, cause alterations in the integrity and function of the BBB through both paracellular and transcellular mechanisms. The current review discusses HIV and viral protein-mediated injury to the BBB with a focus on the effects on tight junction proteins, barrier permeability, and drug efflux proteins.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierCapillary PermeabilityHIV InfectionsHumansTight Junction ProteinsViral ProteinsTight Junction ProteinsViral Proteinsblood brain barrierHIVP-glycoproteintight junctionstransporters

Identifiers

PMID27141423
PMCPMC4836474
OpenAlexW2288777432

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Registered trials

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