Fox Howard S
Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
J Neurovirol. 2008 Aug;14(4):286-91. doi: 10.1080/13550280802132824.
With the increased survival of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals resulting from therapy, disorders in other target organs of the virus, such as the brain, are becoming more prevalent. Here the author reviews his laboratory's work on the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)/nonhuman model of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which has revealed unique characteristics of both the virus that infects the brain, and the innate and adaptive immune response within the central nervous system (CNS) to infection. Similar to findings in humans, neurocognitive/neurobehavioral disorders during the chronic phase of infection can be detected in monkeys, and recent findings reveal potential mechanisms of CNS damage due to the virus-host interaction.
随着治疗使人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)感染者的存活率提高,该病毒在其他靶器官(如大脑)中的病症正变得越来越普遍。在此,作者回顾了其实验室关于猿猴免疫缺陷病毒(SIV)/获得性免疫缺陷综合征(AIDS)非人模型的研究工作,这些研究揭示了感染大脑的病毒以及中枢神经系统(CNS)内针对感染的先天性和适应性免疫反应的独特特征。与人类的研究结果相似,在猴子身上可以检测到感染慢性期的神经认知/神经行为障碍,并且最近的研究结果揭示了病毒与宿主相互作用导致中枢神经系统损伤的潜在机制。