The Tat protein of HIV-1 induces tumor necrosis factor-α production: implications for HIV-1-associated neurological diseases

P Chen, M Mayne, C Power, A Nath - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1997 - ASBMB
… elevated levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)… protein Tat, which is released extracellularly
from infected cells, may induce the production of TNF-α. Tat induced TNF-α mRNA and protein

Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 protein Tat induces tumor necrosis factor-α-mediated neurotoxicity

L Buscemi, D Ramonet, JD Geiger - Neurobiology of disease, 2007 - Elsevier
… The HIV-1 protein Tat has been shown to be directly and indirectly neurotoxic. Here, … Tat
can, through actions on immune cells, increase neuronal cell death. Tat 1–72 and a mutant Tat 1…

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat protein transactivates tumor necrosis factor beta gene expression through a TAR-like structure

L Buonaguro, FM Buonaguro, G Giraldo… - Journal of …, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
… that the Tat protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transactivates tumor
necrosis factor alpha and beta (TNFa and TNF,) gene expression in HIV-1-infected and in tat-…

HIV-1 Tat protein activates both the MyD88 and TRIF pathways to induce tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-10 in human monocytes

R Planès, N Ben Haij, K Leghmari, M Serrero… - Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tat protein for 10 to 30 min suffices to irreversibly engage the activation of the TLR4 pathway,
leading to the production of tumor necrosis … whether the HIV-1 Tat protein is able to activate …

HIV Tat protein increases Bcl-2 expression in monocytes which inhibits monocyte apoptosis induced by tumor necrosis factor-alpha-related apoptosis-induced ligand

L Zheng, Y Yang, L Guocai, CD Pauza, MS Salvato - Intervirology, 2007 - karger.com
… This study focused on HIV Tat protein because it plays a important role in the pathogenesis
of HIV infection. Our results confirm that HIV Tat treated monocytes are relatively resistant to …

Monocytes Treated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Tat Kill Uninfected CD4+ Cells by a Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Induced Ligand-Mediated …

Y Yang, I Tikhonov, TJ Ruckwardt, M Djavani… - Journal of …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
… The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Tat protein has a … It is well known that Tat induces
tumor necrosis factor-related … cells did not take up soluble HIV Tat-86, as T cells did, yet …

Exogenous tat protein activates human endothelial cells [see comments]

FM Hofman, AD Wright, MM Dohadwala, F Wong-Staal… - 1993 - ashpublications.org
… HIV-infected macrophages have been shown to secrete large quantities of inflammatory
cytokines, particularly tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a).' TNF is a potent activator of endothelial …

HIV-1 Tat protein induces PD-L1 (B7-H1) expression on dendritic cells through tumor necrosis factor alpha-and toll-like receptor 4-mediated mechanisms

R Planès, L BenMohamed, K Leghmari… - Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
… and how HIV-1 Tat protein, an immunosuppressive viral factor, … We found that treatment of
DCs with whole HIV-1 Tat protein … The induction of PD-L1 on MoDCs by HIV-1 Tat (i) occurred …

Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-alpha signaling prevents human immunodeficiency virus-1 protein Tat and methamphetamine interaction

S Theodore, WA Cass, A Nath, J Steiner, K Young… - Neurobiology of …, 2006 - Elsevier
… examined whether tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) mediates the interaction between Tat
and MA. … Oxidative damage induced by the injection of HIV-1 Tat protein in the rat striatum …

Role of tumor necrosis factor alpha in activation and replication of the tat-defective human immunodeficiency virus type 1

W Popik, PM Pitha - Journal of virology, 1993 - Am Soc Microbiol
… virus-encoded regulatory protein Tat, which interacts with the specific Tat response (TAR) …
tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) can replace the requirement for a functional Tat protein. …