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Dawn Eggert1, Prasanta K Dash, Nawal Serradji, Chang-Zhi Dong, Pascal Clayette, Francoise Heymans, Huanyu Dou, Santhi Gorantla, Harris A Gelbard, Larisa Poluektova, Howard E Gendelman.
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The neuroregulatory activities of PMS-601, a platelet activating factor antagonist, were investigated in laboratory and animal models of HIV-1 encephalitis (HIVE). For the former, PMS-601 reduced monocyte-derived macrophage pro-inflammatory secretions, multinucleated giant cell (MGC) formation, and neuronal loss independent of antiretroviral responses. PMS-601 treatment of HIVE severe combined immunodeficient mice showed reduced microgliosis, MGCs and neurodegeneration. These observations support the further development of PMS-601 as an adjunctive therapy for HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorders.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19541372 PMCID: PMC2757154 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2009.06.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuroimmunol ISSN: 0165-5728 Impact factor: 3.478