Molecular profile of reactive astrocytes—implications for their role in neurologic disease

M Eddleston, L Mucke - Neuroscience, 1993 - Elsevier
The central nervous system responds to diverse neurologic injuries with a vigorous
activation of astrocytes. While this phenomenon is found in many different species, its …

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection of the nervous system: pathogenetic mechanisms

LG Epstein, HE Gendelman - Annals of Neurology: Official …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) infection of the central nervous system is
associated with characteristic virological, clinical, and neuropathological findings in adults …

Cytokines and arachidonic metabolites produced during human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected macrophage-astroglia interactions: implications for the …

P Genis, M Jett, EW Bernton, T Boyle… - The Journal of …, 1992 - rupress.org
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection of brain macrophages and astroglial
proliferation are central features of HIV-induced central nervous system (CNS) disorders …

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha potentiates glutamate neurotoxicity in human fetal brain cell cultures

CC Chao, S Hu - Developmental neuroscience, 1994 - karger.com
Cytokines may play a pathogenetic role in the brain. Using human fetal brain cell cultures,
we investigated whether cytokines released during inflammation modulate neuronal injury …

Intracellular CXCR4 signaling, neuronal apoptosis and neuropathogenic mechanisms of HIV-1-associated dementia

J Zheng, MR Thylin, A Ghorpade, H Xiong… - Journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
The mechanism (s) by which HIV-1 affects neural injury in HIV-1-associated dementia (HAD)
remains unknown. To ascertain the role that cellular and viral macrophage products play in …

Platelet-activating factor: a candidate human immunodeficiency virus type 1-induced neurotoxin

HA Gelbard, HS Nottet, S Swindells, M Jett… - Journal of …, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
The pathogenesis of central nervous system disease during human immunodeficiency virus
type 1 (HIV-1) infection revolves around productive viral infection of brain macrophages and …

Neuronal death in cytokine‐activated primary human brain cell culture: role of tumor necrosis factor‐α

M Downen, TD Amaral, LL Hua, ML Zhao, SC Lee - Glia, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
We examined cytokine‐mediated neuronal death in neuron‐astrocyte cultures from second
trimester human fetal cerebrum. In these cultures, high‐output inducible nitric oxide …

Neurotoxic effects of tumor necrosis factor alpha in primary human neuronal cultures are mediated by activation of the glutamate AMPA receptor subtype: implications …

HA Gelbard, KA Dzenko, D DiLoreto… - Developmental …, 1993 - karger.com
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infection of the central nervous system is
characterized by neuronal loss in discrete areas of the central nervous system. We have …

Temporal patterns of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transcripts in human fetal astrocytes

C Tornatore, K Meyers, W Atwood, K Conant… - Journal of …, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection of the developing central nervous
system results in a dementing process in children, termed HIV-1-associated …

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) tat induces nitric-oxide synthase in human astroglia

X Liu, M Jana, S Dasgupta, S Koka, J He… - Journal of Biological …, 2002 - ASBMB
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection is known to cause neuronal injury
and dementia in a significant proportion of patients. However, the mechanism by which HIV …