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Session 71   Poster Abstracts
Neuropathogenesis: Viral Co-Factors
Wednesday, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Poster Hall
459Comparison of HIV-1 pol and env Sequences of Blood, CSF, Brain, and Spleen Isolates, a Longitudinal Study
E-C Caragounis*, B Svennerholm, C Nordborg, S Westergren, M Lindh, L Hagberg, and M Gisslén
Göteborg Univ., Sweden
460Phenotype Analysis of HIV-1 Envelopes Amplified from Brain and Lymph Node Tissue of AIDS Patients with Neuropathology Identifies Envelopes with an Enhanced Tropism and Fusigenicity for Macrophages
P Peters*1, J Bhattacharya1, S Hibbitts2, M Dittmar3, G Simmons4, J Bell5, P Simmonds6, and P Clapham1
1Univ. of Massachusetts Med. Sch., Worcester, USA; 2Univ. of Wales Coll. of Med., Cardiff, UK; 3Hygiene-Inst, Heidelberg, Germany; 4Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; 5Western Gen. Hosp., Edinburgh, Scotland; and 6Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland
461 HIV-1 Nef Sequence Diversity Is Associated with Reduced Neural Stem Cell Survival
G van Marle*1, J McArthur2, S Rourke3, and C Power1
1Univ. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; 2Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA; and 3Univ. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
462Role of HIV-1 Vpr-binding Brain Protein (VBP) in Neuropathogenesis of HIV-1-associated Dementia
M Miles*, M Janket, B Majumder, E Schafer, C Achim, and V Ayyavoo
Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
463Nociceptive Neruons Are Particularly Vulnerable to gp120 Neurotoxicity
S Keswani*, M Polley, and A Hoke
Johns Hopkins Hosp., Baltimore, MD, USA
464Induction of Neuron Death by HIV-1 Tat Expression in Astrocytes
B Zhou*, and J He
Indiana Univ. Sch. of Med., Walther Cancer Inst., Indianapolis, USA
465Peripheral Nerve-derived HIV-1 is Both CXCR4 and CCR5 Dependent and Reduces Neurite Outgrowth in Dorsal Root Ganglia Cultures
G Jones*1, Y Zhu1, J C McArthur2, C Pardo2, C Silva1, O Keppler3, and C Power1
1Univ. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; 2Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA; and 3Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany
466
HIV-1 Gag Host Cell Interactions During Budding and Assembly in Macrophages/Microglia
R Vos*, A Albright, E Ryzhova, and F Gonzalez-Scarano
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
467Antiviral Effect of HIV-1-specific siRNA against Targets Conserved in Select Neurotropic Strain
R Dave*, and R Pomerantz
Ctr. for Human Virology and Biodefense, Thomas Jefferson Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
468Sustained Antiretroviral Activity of Indinavir Nanosuspensions in Primary Monocyte-derived Macrophages
J Limoges1, I Kadiu1, D Morin1, M Chaubal2, J Werling2, B Rabinow2, and H E Gendelman*1
1Univ. of Nebraska Med. Ctr., Omaha, USA and 2Baxter Healthcare Corp., Round Lake, IL, USA
469HIV, Hepatitis C, and Methamphetamine Dependence Independently Worsen Neuropsychological Performance
S Letendre*, M Cherner, J Marquie-Beck, R Ellis, R Heaton, T Marcotte, K Harrington, B Gragg, J McCutchan, I Grant, and The HNRC Group
Univ. of California, San Diego, USA