Microglial cells: the main HIV-1 reservoir in the brain

C Wallet, M De Rovere, J Van Assche… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Despite efficient combination of the antiretroviral therapy (cART), which significantly
decreased mortality and morbidity of HIV-1 infection, a definitive HIV cure has not been …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments on PET radiotracers for TSPO and their applications in neuroimaging

L Zhang, K Hu, T Shao, L Hou, S Zhang, W Ye… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
The 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), previously known as the peripheral
benzodiazepine receptor, is predominately localized to the outer mitochondrial membrane in …

Elevated translocator protein in anterior cingulate in major depression and a role for inflammation in suicidal thinking: a positron emission tomography study

SE Holmes, R Hinz, S Conen, CJ Gregory… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Major depressive disorder is associated with raised peripheral inflammatory
markers. Mounting evidence also suggests that inflammation is involved in suicidal …

HIV and aging: state of knowledge and areas of critical need for research. A report to the NIH Office of AIDS Research by the HIV and Aging Working Group

KP High, M Brennan-Ing, DB Clifford… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
HIV risk behaviors, susceptibility to HIV acquisition, progression of disease after infection,
and response to antiretroviral therapy all vary by age. In those living with HIV, current …

HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder

DB Clifford, BM Ances - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2013 - thelancet.com
Neurological involvement in HIV is often associated with cognitive impairment. Although
severe and progressive neurocognitive impairment has become rare in HIV clinics in the era …

Translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO): molecular sensor of brain injury and repair

MK Chen, TR Guilarte - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2008 - Elsevier
For over 15 years, the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR), recently named
translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) has been studied as a biomarker of reactive gliosis and …

Expression of the translocator protein of 18 kDa by microglia, macrophages and astrocytes based on immunohistochemical localization in abnormal human brain

M Cosenza‐Nashat, ML Zhao, HS Suh… - Neuropathology and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aims: Microglia are involved in neurodegeneration, are prime targets for anti‐inflammatory
therapy and are potential biomarkers of disease progression. For example, positron …

TSPO in diverse CNS pathologies and psychiatric disease: A critical review and a way forward

TR Guilarte - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The use of Translocator Protein 18 kDa (TSPO) as a clinical neuroimaging
biomarker of brain injury and neuroinflammation has increased exponentially in the last …

The peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (translocator protein 18 kDa) in microglia: from pathology to imaging

S Venneti, BJ Lopresti, CA Wiley - Progress in neurobiology, 2006 - Elsevier
Microglia constitute the primary resident immune surveillance cell in the brain and are
thought to play a significant role in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative …

[HTML][HTML] Neurotheranostics as personalized medicines

BD Kevadiya, BM Ottemann, MB Thomas… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
The discipline of neurotheranostics was forged to improve diagnostic and therapeutic
clinical outcomes for neurological disorders. Research was facilitated, in largest measure …