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Session 73
Poster Abstracts
Neuropathogenesis: Virology
Thursday, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Hall D
374
A Rare and Extreme Etiology of HIV-1 in the Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood in an HIV-infected Non-progressor
Bin Wang*
1
, M Mikhail
1
, W Dyer
2
, J Zaunders
3
, D Cooper
3
, A Kelleher
3
, B Brew
4
, and N Saksena
1
1
Westmead Millennium Inst, Westmead Hosp, Univ of, Sydney, Australia;
2
Australian Red Cross, Sydney;
3
St Vincent's Hosp, Darlinghurst, Australia; and
4
St Vincent's Hosp, Sydney, Australia
375
Phylodynamic Analysis of HIV-1 in the Brain
M Salemi
1
, S Lamers
2
, S Yu
3
, T de Oliveira
4
, W Fitch
5
, and Michael McGrath*
3
1
Univ of Florida, Gainesville, USA;
2
Gene Johnson Inc, St Augustine, FL, USA;
3
Univ of California, San Francisco, USA;
4
Univ of California, Irvine, USA; and
5
Africa Ctr for Hlth and Population Studies and Nelson Mandela Sch of Med, Durban, South Africa
376
A Genetic Variant of HIV with Reduced CD4 Dependence Is Associated with Brain Infection and HIV-associated Dementia
Rebecca Dunfee*
1,2
, E Thomas
1,2
, P Gorry
1,2
, J Taylor
3
, K Kunstman
3
, J Bell
4
, S Wolinsky
3
, and D Gabuzda
1,2
1
Dana-Farber Cancer Inst, Boston, MA, USA;
2
Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA, USA;
3
Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch of Med, Chicago, IL, USA; and
4
Univ of Edinburgh, Scotland
378
Astrocytes Constitute a Unique Central Nervous System HIV Reservoir in Persons with Suppressed Plasma Virus and Elevated CD4
+ Cell Counts
Nikilyn Kinzel*
1
and W Cavert
2
1
Mayo Grad Sch, Rochester, MN, USA and
2
Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
379
Establishment of Persistent Inducible Latent HIV Infection in Astrocytes: Relevance to the HIV Reservoir in Brain
Ashok Chauhan*, S Gartner, and A Nath
Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, USA and Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, USA
380
Regulation of HIV-1 Transcription by NF-
k
B, SP-1, and Histone Acytelation in Primary Human Astrocytes
Elena Paskaleva*, D Avram, and M Canki
Albany Med Coll, NY, USA and Albany Med Coll, NY, USA
381
Molecular Mechanisms for HIV-1 Restriction in Human Astroglia
Roger Pomerantz*, J Fang, E Acheampong, and M Mukhtar
Thomas Jefferson Univ, Philadelphia, PA, USA
382
HIV-1 Nef Potently Induces Apoptosis at the Blood-Brain Barrier
Roger Pomerantz*, E Acheampong, Z Parveen, L Muthoga, M Kalayeh, and M Mukhtar
Thomas Jefferson Univ, Philadelphia, PA, USA
383
Potently Targeting Neurotropic HIV-1 Strains with RNA Interference in Human Macrophages
Rajnish S Dave* and R Pomerantz
Thomas Jefferson Univ, Philadelphia, PA, USA
384
Enhanced Replication of Human Polyomavirus JC Type 2B in Primary Glial Cells
Vivek Nerurkar*
1
, R Frisque
2
, T Bui
1
, and S Tyagarajan
2
1
Univ of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA and
2
Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, USA