| Literature DB >> 11282167 |
C F Pereira1, J Middel, G Jansen, J Verhoef, H S Nottet.
Abstract
The CX(3)C chemokine fractalkine was found to be up-regulated in the brain during inflammatory processes. In this study, we tried to assess the role of fractalkine in HIV-1-associated dementia. Fractalkine expression is up-regulated in the brains of AIDS patients with HAD. Fractalkine immunoreactivity was mainly detected in astrocytes. In addition, fractalkine expression was found to be up-regulated in cocultures of astrocytes and HIV-infected macrophages. This up-regulation was dependent on cell-cell contact. We propose that fractalkine produced during interactions between astrocytes and HIV-infected macrophages plays a role in HAD by regulating the trafficking of monocytic cells in the brain parenchyma.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11282167 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(01)00262-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuroimmunol ISSN: 0165-5728 Impact factor: 3.478