Antiretroviral Monocyte Efficacy Score Linked to Cognitive Impairment in Hiv
Author(s) -
Cecilia M. Shikuma,
Beau K. Nakamoto,
Bruce Shiramizu,
Chin-Yuan Liang,
Victor DeGruttola,
Kara Bennett,
Robert Paul,
Kalpana J. Kallianpur,
Dominic C. Chow,
Christina Gavegnano,
Selwyn J. Hurwitz,
Raymond F. Schinazi,
Victor Valcour
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
antiviral therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 2040-2058
pISSN - 1359-6535
DOI - 10.3851/imp2411
Subject(s) - neurocognitive , medicine , cohort , odds ratio , dementia , cohort study , cognition , psychiatry , disease
Monocytes transmigrating to the brain play a central role in HIV neuropathology. We hypothesized that the continued existence of neurocognitive impairment (NCI) despite potent antiretroviral (ARV) therapy is mediated by the inability of such therapy to control this monocyte/macrophage reservoir.
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