title: Chemokine receptors in HIV-1 infection of the central nervous system.
abstract: Several members of the chemokine receptor are used as coreceptors for HIV-1 infection in the central nervous system (CNS). CCR5 and CCR3 are coreceptors together with CD4 for HIV-1 infection of microglia, the major target for HIV-1 infection in the CNS. Microglia express CXCR4, but their infection by HIV-1 viruses that use only CXCR4 as a coreceptor is relatively inefficient. CXCR4 is also expressed in subpopulations of neurons that are resistant to HIV-1 infection. Additional orphan chemokine receptors that can mediate HIV-1 or SIV entry are expressed in the brain or neurally-derived cell lines, but their role in CNS infection has not been defined. The pattern of chemokine receptor expression in the brain is likely to determine the tropism of HIV-1 for particular CNS target cells and to impact inflammatory and degenerative mechanisms associated with CNS infection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Human Retrovirology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gabuzda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohagen
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Vallat
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000276:immunology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D018925:Chemokines / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D018925:Chemokines; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine