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Session 67  Poster Abstracts
Neuropathogenesis: Virology and Immunology
Monday, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Poster Hall
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HIV-1 Tropism for the Central Nervous System: Brain-derived Envelope Glycoproteins with Lower CD4 Dependence and Reduced Sensitivity to a Fusion Inhibitor
Julio Martin-Garcia*1 and F Gonzalez-Scarano2
1Drexel Univ Coll of Med, Philadelphia, PA, US and 2Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US
      330 Identification of Residue 308 in the V3 loop of HIV gp120 as a Brain Signature Position
Elaine Thomas*1,2, R Dunfee1,2, D Bogdan3, J Stanton3, K Kunstman3, S Wolinksy3, and D Gabuzda1,2
1Dana-Farber Cancer Inst, Boston, MA, US; 2Harvard Sch of Publ Hlth, Boston, MA, US; and 3Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch of Med, Chicago, IL, US
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CSF Pleocytosis Is Associated with Viral Trafficking from Blood into CNS
Hai Shao*1, D Smith1, J Moreno1, S Letendre2, P Jordan1, J Wong3, C Ignacio1, D Richman4, S Frost2, and R Ellis2
1Univ of California, San Diego, US; 2HIV Neurobehavioral Res Ctr, Univ of California, San Diego, US; 3VA Hlthcare System, San Francisco, CA, US; and 4VA Hlthcare System, San Diego, CA, US
      332 Role of CCR3 in CNS HIV-1 Infection
Lokesh Agrawal* and D Strayer
Thomas Jefferson Univ, Philadelphia, PA, US
      333 Anti-HIV Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTL) in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Peripheral Blood of Immune Controllers of Plasma Viremia
S Kalams, K Brady, B Simmons, J Conrad, S Lorey, S Montgomery, J Nicotera, and David W Haas*
Vanderbilt Univ Sch of Med, Nashville, TN, US
      334 Defining Pathogenic Pathways for Murine HIV-1 Encephalitis in Immunodeficient Mice that Reflect Deficits in Adaptive Immunity and NK Cell Function
Santhi Gorantla*, E Miller, H Klasek, H Dou, J Morehead, H Gendelman, and L Poluektova
Univ of Nebraska Med Ctr, Omaha, US
      335 Copaxone Regulation of Innate and Adaptive Imminty induces Suppression of Neuroinflammation and Elicits Neuronal Protection in Murine Models of HIV-1 Encephalitis
Santhi Gorantla*1, L Poluektova1, H Klasek1, L Walters1, J Nelson1, H Dou1, T Ikezu1, D Volsky2, M Boska1, and H Gendelman1
1Univ of Nebraska Med Ctr, Omaha, US and 2Columbia Univ Mailman Sch of Publ Hlth, New York, NY, US
      336 Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor-g Suppresses HIV-1 Replication in Blood and Brain in an Animal Model for HIV-1 Encephalitis
Raghava Potula*, B Knipe, J Liebhart, K Schall, H Dou, and Y Persidisky
Univ of Nebraska Med Ctr, Omaha, US
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HIV-1-infected or Immune-activated Macrophages Regulate SDF-1 Production by Human Astrocytes through IL-1b
Hui Peng*, N Whitney, N Erdmann, A Ghorpade, and J Zheng
Univ of Nebraska Med Ctr, Omaha, US
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Anti-HIV-1 and Anti-Apoptotic Effects of D-Ala-Peptide T-Amide in Human Macrophages and in a Neuronal Cell Line
Michela Pollicita*1, M Ruff2, M Polianova2, C Pert2, A Ranazzi1, C Perno1, and S Aquaro1
1Univ of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy and 2Georgetown Univ, Washington, DC, US
      339 IFNg Augments HIV Productive Infection of Astrocytes
Deborah Carroll-Anzinger* and L Al-Harthi
Rush Univ Med Ctr, Chicago, IL, US
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HIV-1 gag DNA Is Present in Neural Progenitors Harvested by Laser Capture Microdissection from Archival Pediatric Brain
Lynnae Schwartz*1, A Dunn-Pirio2, S Ryschkewitsch3, L Durham1, L Civitello4,5, R Hazra5, D Lawrence1, and E Major1
1Natl Inst of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, US; 2George Washington Univ, Washington, DC, US; 3Stone Ridge of the Sacred Heart, Bethesda, MD, US; 4Children's Natl Med Ctr, Washington, DC, US; and 5NCI, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, US
      341 Long-term Administration of Ethanol Leads to Increased Blood-Brain Barrier Leakage during the Primary Phase of Infection of Macaques with Simian/Human Immunodeficiency Virus
M. Sarah Hill*, E Mulcahy, N Culley, L Gomez, N Berman, and E Stephens
Univ of Kansas Med Ctr, Kansas City, US
      342 Human Polyomavirus JC Crosses in vitro Blood-Brain-Barrier by Infecting Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells
Moti Chapagain*, T Nguyen, S Verma, and V Nerurkar
Univ of Hawaii, Honolulu, US