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SUBMITTER: Mascarau R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7246503 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mascarau Rémi R Bertrand Florent F Labrousse Arnaud A Gennero Isabelle I Poincloux Renaud R Maridonneau-Parini Isabelle I Raynaud-Messina Brigitte B Vérollet Christel C
International journal of molecular sciences 20200430 9
HIV-1 infection is frequently associated with low bone density, which can progress to osteoporosis leading to a high risk of fractures. Only a few mechanisms have been proposed to explain the enhanced osteolysis in the context of HIV-1 infection. As macrophages are involved in bone homeostasis and are critical host cells for HIV-1, we asked whether HIV-1-infected macrophages could participate in bone degradation. Upon infection, human macrophages acquired some osteoclast features: they became mu ...[more]