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ArticleJournal of neurovirology2018

Astrocytes as an HIV CNS reservoir: highlights and reflections of an NIMH-sponsored symposium.

Lena Al-Harti, Jeymohan Joseph, Avindra Nath

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Article in Journal of neurovirology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lena Al-HartiDepartment of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity, Rush University Medical Center, 1735 West Harrison Street, Room 614 Cohn, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. Lena_Al-Harthi@rush.edu.
Jeymohan JosephSection of Infections of the Nervous System, National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Avindra NathHIV Neuropathogenesis, Genetics and Therapeutics Branch, Division of AIDS Research, National Institute of Mental Health, Bldg 10, Room 7C-103, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. natha@ninds.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0003-0927-5855
National Institutes of Health · USOffice of AIDS Research · USRush University Medical Center · US

Funding

Neuropathogenesis of Retroviral InfectionsZIANS003130 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI NATH, AVINDRA · 2011 to 2025
$73.7M
HIV latency in astrocytesR01MH100628 · NIMH · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI AL-HARTHI, LENA · 2013 to 2017
$2.2M
mechanisms of HIV and drug abuse pathogenesis in CNSR01DA033966 · NIDA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI AL-HARTHI, LENA · 2012 to 2016
$1.7M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA033966NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH100628NINDS NIH HHS NS003130
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This a summary of a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) sponsored symposium that was focused on the role of astrocytes as a reservoir of the human immunodeficiency virus in the brain. The talks were grouped into four themes. The first theme reviewed the evidence for HIV infection of astrocytes and discussed the challenges in the use of traditional methods of immunostaining and in situ hybridization for detection of infected astrocytes. The second theme focused on mechanisms of HIV entry into astrocytes and discussed CD4 independent mechanisms, such as receptor-mediated endocytosis and transmission of HIV by cell-to-cell contact with infected lymphocytes. The third theme focused on epigenetic regulation of HIV latency in astrocytes and other factors, such as cytokines and transcriptional factors regulating HIV replication in astrocytes. The fourth theme focused on therapeutic approaches, such as gene editing to block persistently infected astrocytes. A discussion that followed was focused on major unanswered questions in the field and future directions for research.

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AnimalsAstrocytesBrainHIV InfectionsHumansNational Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)United StatesAstrocytesBrainHIVLatencyReservoir

Identifiers

PMID30397827
PMCPMC6279544
OpenAlexW2899636484

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