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SUBMITTER: Wang T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2429966 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Tong T Gong Nan N Liu Jianuo J Kadiu Irena I Kraft-Terry Stephanie D SD Mosley R Lee RL Volsky David J DJ Ciborowski Pawel P Gendelman Howard E HE
PloS one 20080625 6
<h4>Background</h4>HIV-1-infected and immune competent brain mononuclear phagocytes (MP; macrophages and microglia) secrete cellular and viral toxins that affect neuronal damage during advanced disease. In contrast, astrocytes can affect disease by modulating the nervous system's microenvironment. Interestingly, little is known how astrocytes communicate with MP to influence disease.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>MP-astrocyte crosstalk was investigated by a proteomic platform analysis using vesicu ...[more]