Effect of human immunodeficiency virus on blood-brain barrier integrity and function: an update

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a diffusion barrier and has an important role in maintaining a precisely regulated microenvironment and protects the neural tissue from infectious agents and toxins in the circulating system. Compromised BBB integrity plays a major role in the pathogenesis of retrovi...

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Main Authors: Venkata Subba Rao Atluri, Melissa eHidalgo, Thangavel eSamikkannu, Kesava Rao Venkata Kurapati, Rahul Dev Jayant, Vidya eSagar, Madhavan eNair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Subjects:
HIV
Tat
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2015.00212/full