Human immunodeficiency virus‐associated neurocognitive disorders: mind the gap

JC McArthur, J Steiner, N Sacktor, A Nath - Annals of neurology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‐associated neurocognitive disorders (HANDs) remain
among the most common disorders in people infected with HIV, even in an era when potent …

Microglia as mediators of inflammatory and degenerative diseases

F González-Scarano, G Baltuch - Annual review of neuroscience, 1999 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Microglia are the principal immune cells in the central nervous system (CNS) and
have a critical role in host defense against invading microorganisms and neoplastic cells …

HIV and antiretroviral therapy in the brain: neuronal injury and repair

R Ellis, D Langford, E Masliah - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2007 - nature.com
Approximately 40 million people worldwide are infected with human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV). Despite HIV's known propensity to infect the CNS and cause neurological disease …

Neurological complications of HIV infection

JC McArthur, BJ Brew, A Nath - The Lancet Neurology, 2005 - thelancet.com
Cognitive disorders, vacuolar myelopathy, and sensory neuropathies associated with HIV
are the most common disorders in patients with HIV AIDS, and are the focus of this review …

Dendritic injury is a pathological substrate for human immunodeficiency virus—related cognitive disorders

E Masliah, RJ Ellis, M Mallory… - Annals of Neurology …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
To determine the neuropathological substrate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‐
associated neurocognitive disorders, we examined persons with acquired …

Independent effects of HIV, aging, and HAART on brain volumetric measures

BM Ances, M Ortega, F Vaida, J Heaps… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: Neurocognitive impairment remains prevalent in HIV-infected (HIV+)
individuals despite highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). We assessed the impact of …

Cytokine signals propagate through the brain

L Vitkovic, JP Konsman, J Bockaert, R Dantzer… - Molecular …, 2000 - nature.com
Abstract Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) are proinflammatory
cytokines that are constitutively expressed in healthy, adult brain where they mediate normal …

HIV-1 infection and cognitive impairment in the cART era: a review

J Schouten, P Cinque, M Gisslen, P Reiss, P Portegies - Aids, 2011 - journals.lww.com
With the introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy AIDS dementia complex or HIV-
associated dementia, as it was termed later, largely disappeared in clinical practice …

Identification and cloning of human astrocyte genes displaying elevated expression after infection with HIV-1 or exposure to HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein by rapid …

Z Su, D Kang, Y Chen, O Pekarskaya, W Chao… - Oncogene, 2002 - nature.com
Neurodegeneration and dementia are common complications of AIDS caused by human
immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection of the central nervous system. HIV-1 target …

The role of tumour necrosis factor, interleukin 6, interferon-γ and inducible nitric oxide synthase in the development and pathology of the nervous system

MA Muñoz-Fernández, M Fresno - Progress in neurobiology, 1998 - Elsevier
Proinflammatory cytokines, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interferon (IFN)-γ and interleukin
(IL)-6, have multiple effects in the central nervous system (CNS) not strictly cytotoxic being …