Evidence that the HIV-1 coat protein gp120 causes neuronal apoptosis in the neocortex of rat via a mechanism involving CXCR4 chemokine receptor

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 67-70

  Corasaniti, M T ^a   Piccirilli, S ^b   Paoletti, A ^a   Nistico R ^b   Stringaro, A ^c   Malorni, W ^c   Finazzi Agro A ^b   Bagetta, G ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chemokine receptors; Chemokines; HIV 1 gp120; IL 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHEMOKINES, CXC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV-1; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CXCR4;

EID: 0035914008     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02191-7     Document Type: Article

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