… , such as Tat protein, may play critical roles in the progression of this disease. Tat has been
… study was performed on recombinant Tat protein derived from the first exon, ie, Tat 1-72 . …

… In the present study, we have directly examined the role of HIV-Tat in monocyte chemotaxis
and in the promotion of monocyte invasion through extracellular matrix-coated filters. …

… , such as the induction of endothelial cell growth, migration, and invasion in vitro.24 To …
Thus, we examined whether these surface molecules are activated by Tat protein. To this …

… We have also found that Tat is able to mimic chemokines, activating monocyte migration …
Tat protein acts as an angiogenic factor and was shown to induce the migration and invasion of …

… Tat peptides contribute to dendritic and monocyte cell migration. In vivo, Tat stimulates invasion
… RANTES and macrophage chemotactic protein (MCP)-1 in inducing monocyte migration. …

… Tat is released to enhance monocyte chemotaxis. A series of overlapping peptides was used
to scan for monocyte … recombinant or synthetic Tat proteins are chemotactic for monocytes ( …

… peripheral monocytes is known to play a role in the monocyte influx … monocytes to HIV Tat
protein resulted in upregulated expression of CXCR3 leading, in turn, to increased monocyte …

… Treatment of primary monocytes with soluble HIV-Tat protein mimicked many of the … tissue
invasion by both infected and uninfected monocytes and by enhancing local release of MMPs. …

… monocyte migration. Here it is shown that polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL), mostly
neutrophils, rapidly invade in response to Tat … Tat to PMNL chemotaxis, we tested 2 Tat proteins …

… , and promotion of microvascular invasion (19). We demonstrated that TRAIL expression
by … Here we show that after stimulation with HIV Tat protein, human monocytes upregulate …