In recent years, vast amounts of data on the mechanisms of neural de-and regeneration
have accumulated. However, only in disproportionally few cases has this led to efficient …

Many patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) suffer cognitive
impairment ranging from mild to severe (HIV dementia), which may result from neuronal …

The genomes of human and simian immunodeficiency viruses (HIV and SIV) encode the
gag, pol and env genes and contain at least six supplementary open reading frames termed …

HIV up-regulates cell-surface expression of specific ligands for the activating NKG2D
receptor, including ULBP-1,-2, and-3, but not MICA or MICB, in infected cells both in vitro …

1. ABSTRACT Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) is the causative agent of acquired
immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), a disease characterized by CD4+ T lymphocyte …

HIV-1 infection elevates the risk of developing various cancers, including T-cell lymphoma.
Whether HIV-1-encoded proteins directly contribute to oncogenesis remains unknown. We …

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has been shown to replicate productively in
cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage, although replication occurs to a lesser extent …

Antigen presentation and T-cell activation are dynamic processes involving signaling
molecules present in both APCs and T cells. Effective APC function and T-cell activation can …

Integration is a central event in the replication of retroviruses, yet≥ 90% of HIV-1 reverse
transcripts fail to integrate, resulting in accumulation of unintegrated viral DNA in cells …

Apoptosis, known as programmed cell death, is a conserved, gene-directed mechanism for
the elimination of unnecessary or unwanted cells from an organism. A retrospective look at …