Abstract

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Like lymphoid organs, the CNS is an important tissue reservoir for HIV. HIV-related neurological conditions, including HIV-associated dementia, are known to occur as a result of viral replication and persistence in the CNS of HIV-infected individuals. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has reduced the incidence of HIV dementia as well as most of the other neurological complications of AIDS, presumably by suppressing viral replication in nervous tissues. However, it has been difficult to measure the effect of antiretroviral treatment on viral load in brain tissue directly, as well as the impact of HAART on the outcome of encephalitic lesions in the CNS of HIV positive patients, because brain tissue is not readily accessible for analysis. We are using the CD8-depletion model of SIV encephalitis (SIVE) in rhesus monkeys to directly measure the impact of combination antiretroviral therapy (CART) on brain virus burden.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Primate Research Center Grants (P51)
Project #
5P51RR000168-48
Application #
7958335
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRR1-CM-8 (01))
Project Start
2009-05-01
Project End
2010-04-30
Budget Start
2009-05-01
Budget End
2010-04-30
Support Year
48
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$62,333
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Harvard University
Department
Veterinary Sciences
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
047006379
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code

  Publications

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Sonntag, Kai-Christian; Woo, Tsung-Ung W (2018) Laser microdissection and gene expression profiling in the human postmortem brain. Handb Clin Neurol 150:263-272
Almodovar, Sharilyn; Swanson, Jessica; Giavedoni, Luis D et al. (2018) Lung Vascular Remodeling, Cardiac Hypertrophy, and Inflammatory Cytokines in SHIVnef-Infected Macaques. Viral Immunol 31:206-222
Duke, Angela N; Meng, Zhiqiang; Platt, Donna M et al. (2018) Evidence That Sedative Effects of Benzodiazepines Involve Unexpected GABAA Receptor Subtypes: Quantitative Observation Studies in Rhesus Monkeys. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 366:145-157
Kamberov, Yana G; Guhan, Samantha M; DeMarchis, Alessandra et al. (2018) Comparative evidence for the independent evolution of hair and sweat gland traits in primates. J Hum Evol 125:99-105
Seth, Nitin; Simmons, Heather A; Masood, Farah et al. (2018) Model of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury for Evaluating Pharmacologic Treatments in Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fasicularis). Comp Med 68:63-73
Mauney, Sarah A; Woo, Tsung-Ung W; Sonntag, Kai C (2018) Cell Type-Specific Laser Capture Microdissection for Gene Expression Profiling in the Human Brain. Methods Mol Biol 1723:203-221
McLean, Will J; Yin, Xiaolei; Lu, Lin et al. (2017) Clonal Expansion of Lgr5-Positive Cells from Mammalian Cochlea and High-Purity Generation of Sensory Hair Cells. Cell Rep 18:1917-1929
Isakova, Irina A; Baker, Kate C; Dufour, Jason et al. (2017) Mesenchymal Stem Cells Yield Transient Improvements in Motor Function in an Infant Rhesus Macaque with Severe Early-Onset Krabbe Disease. Stem Cells Transl Med 6:99-109
Termini, James M; Church, Elizabeth S; Silver, Zachary A et al. (2017) Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Maintain High Levels of Infectivity in the Complete Absence of Mucin-Type O-Glycosylation. J Virol 91:

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