Search Abstracts Program


Session 83   Poster Presentations
Neuropathogenesis: Processes in Neuronal Dysfunction
Wednesday 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Hall B
678Increased Production of Extracellular Glutamate by Mitochondrial Glutaminase in HIV-1 Infected Macrophages: Linkage to HIV-1 Associated Dementia
J Zhao*, A Lopez, D Erichsen, R Cotter, J Zheng
Univ of Nebraska Med Ctr, Omaha
679Mechanisms of gp120 Peripheral Neuro Toxicity
S Keswani*, J McArthur, J Griffin, A Hoke
Johns Hopkins Hosp, Baltimore, MD
680APJ/Apelin Signal Transduction is Neuroprotective Against HIV-induced Apoptosis: Examinations Using the Human NT2.N Neuronal Model System
Lauren A. O'Donnell*1, Wei Chen2, Arpita Agrawal2, Jerrold Sulcove2, Dennis L.Kolson2
1Microbiology and Virology, Univ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and 2Neurology, Univ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
681Involvement of CXCR4 and Free Radical Oxygen Species in gp120-induced Neuronal Apoptosis
D. Strayer*, F. Branco
Jefferson Med Coll, Philadelphia, PA
682The Fas and FasL Pathways in the Pathogenesis of HIV Dementia
D.L.Vargas*, L.Guo, R.Skolasky, J.C.McArthur, C.A.Pardo
Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD
683Microarray Analysis of Activated vs Resting Mixed Glial Cultures as it Pertains to HIV Replication
A. Albright, R. Vos*, F. Gonzalez-Scarano
Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
684Mechanism of CD16+ Monocyte Trafficking in HIV-associated Dementia: Role of FKN in CD16+ Monocyte Recruitment and MMP-9 Induction
P. Ancuta*1, R. Rao2, A. Moses3, A. Mehle1, A. Wurcel4, D. Stone4, F. W. Luscinskas2, D. Gabuzda1
1Dana-Farber Cancer Inst, Boston, MA; 2Vascular Res Div, Brigham and Women's Hosp and Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA; 3Vaccine and Gene Therapy Inst, Oregon Hlth Sci Univ, Beaverton; and 4Lemuel Shattuck Hosp, Jamaica Plain, MA
685Ethanol Strongly Potentiates Apoptosis Induced by HIV-1 Proteins in Primary Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells
E. Acheampong*1, M. Mukhtar1, Z. Parveen1, N. Ngoubilly1, N. Ahmad2, C. Patel1, R. Pomerantz1
1Thomas Jefferson Univ, Philadelphia, PA and 2Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
686Glutamate Uptake, Transporter Expression and Response to TNF-alpha and gp120 in Human Progenitor-derived Astrocytes
L. Schwartz*, D. M. Lawrence, E. O.Major
Natl Inst of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD
687HIV Tat Down-regulates Host Nuclear Membrane Shuttling Protein Nucleoporin p62 in Astrocytes at Transcriptional and Translational Levels
A. Chauhan*, A. Nath
Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD
688Retrovirus-induced Neurodegeneration: Synergistic Treatment Effect of Combination Therapy with Tamoxifen and AZT
J.M. Vann*, P.F. Szurek, B.R.Brooks
Wm S Middleton VA Med Ctr and Univ of Wisconsin Med Sch, Madison