Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is required for blood-brain barrier injury-related CNS disorders caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and HIV-1 associated comorbidity factors

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Role of HIV in Amyloid Metabolism

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Age-dependent molecular alterations in the autophagy pathway in HIVE patients and in a gp120 tg mouse model: reversal with beclin-1 gene transfer

(2013) Jerel Fields et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY

Circulating Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells (cBMECs) as Potential Biomarkers of the Blood–Brain Barrier Disorders Caused by Microbial and Non-Microbial Factors

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Correction: IL-1β Promotes Corneal Epithelial Cell Migration by Increasing MMP-9 Expression through NF-κB- and AP-1-Dependent Pathways

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Dynamic roles for NF-κB in HTLV-I and HIV-1 retroviral pathogenesis

(2012) Jonathan K. Chan et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

NF-κB pathway mediates vascular smooth muscle response to nicotine

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Hyaluronic Acid Receptor CD44 Deficiency Is Associated with Decreased Cryptococcus neoformansBrain Infection

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Monocyte maturation, HIV susceptibility, and transmigration across the blood brain barrier are critical in HIV neuropathogenesis

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Neuronal Damage Using Fluoro-Jade B Histofluorescence and Gliosis in the Striatum After Various Durations of Transient Cerebral Ischemia in Gerbils

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3,4-Methylenedioxy-methamphetamine induces in vivo regional up-regulation of central nicotinic receptors in rats and potentiates the regulatory effects of nicotine on these receptors

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Vimentin and PSF Act in Concert to Regulate IbeA+ E. coli K1 Induced Activation and Nuclear Translocation of NF-κB in Human Brain Endothelial Cells

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Cryptococcus neoformans-Derived Microvesicles Enhance the Pathogenesis of Fungal Brain Infection

(2012) Sheng-He Huang et al.   PLoS One

Synergistic Cooperation between Methamphetamine and HIV-1 gsp120 through the P13K/Akt Pathway Induces IL-6 but not IL-8 Expression in Astrocytes

(2012) Ankit Shah et al.   PLoS One

HIV-1 gp41 ectodomain enhancesCryptococcus neoformansbinding to human brain microvascular endothelial cells via gp41 core-induced membrane activities

(2011) Sheng-He Huang et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Emerging role of NF-κB signaling in the induction of senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP)

(2011) Antero Salminen et al.   CELLULAR SIGNALLING

Cerebral microvascular endothelium and the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases

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Recruitment of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor to caveolin-1-enriched lipid rafts is required for nicotine-enhancedEscherichia coliK1 entry into brain endothelial cells

(2011) Feng Chi et al.   Future Microbiology

Methamphetamine and HIV-1 gp120 Effects on Lipopolysaccharide Stimulated Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Production by Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages

(2011) Jessica L. Reynolds et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Invasion ofCryptococcus neoformansinto Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Is Mediated through the Lipid Rafts-Endocytic Pathway via the Dual Specificity Tyrosine Phosphorylation-regulated Kinase 3 (DYRK3)

(2011) Sheng-He Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Up-regulation of the Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor α7 by HIV Glycoprotein 120

(2011) Leomar Y. Ballester et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Meningitic Escherichia coli K1 Penetration and Neutrophil Transmigration Across the Blood–Brain Barrier are Modulated by Alpha7 Nicotinic Receptor

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NF-κB Hyper-Activation by HTLV-1 Tax Induces Cellular Senescence, but Can Be Alleviated by the Viral Anti-Sense Protein HBZ

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Involvement of IbeA in Meningitic Escherichia coli K1-Induced Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Transmigration Across Brain Endothelial Cells

(2010) Xiaojuan Che et al.   BRAIN PATHOLOGY

Senescent cells as a source of inflammatory factors for tumor progression

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Highly active antiretroviral therapy drug combination induces oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in immortalized human blood–brain barrier endothelial cells

(2010) Kalyan Reddy Manda et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

HIV-1 phylogenetic analysis shows HIV-1 transits through the meninges to brain and peripheral tissues

(2010) Susanna L. Lamers et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Neurovascular mechanisms and blood–brain barrier disorder in Alzheimer’s disease

(2009) Robert D. Bell et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Cocaine and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120 mediate neurotoxicity through overlapping signaling pathways

(2009) Honghong Yao et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY

Methamphetamine alters blood brain barrier permeability via the modulation of tight junction expression: Implication for HIV-1 neuropathogenesis in the context of drug abuse

(2008) Supriya D. Mahajan et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Involvement of human CD44 during Cryptococcus neoformans infection of brain microvascular endothelial cells

(2008) Ambrose Jong et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Invasion ofCryptococcus neoformansinto human brain microvascular endothelial cells requires protein kinase C-α activation

(2008) Ambrose Jong et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY