Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 protein Tat induces tumor necrosis factor-α-mediated neurotoxicity
HIV-1 infection causes, with increasing prevalence, neurological disorders characterized in part by neuronal cell death. The HIV-1 protein Tat has been shown to be directly and indirectly neurotoxic. Here, we tested the hypothesis that a non-neurotoxic epitope of Tat can, through actions on immune c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2007-06-01
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Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996107000617 |