Development of Neurological Disease Is Associated with Increased Immune Activation in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Macaques

作者:Dang Que; Whitted Sonya; Goeken Robert M; Brenchley Jason M; Matsuda Kenta; Brown Charles R; Lafont Bernard A P; Starost Matthew F; Iyengar Ranjini; Plishka Ronald J; Buckler White Alicia; Hirsch Vanessa M*
来源:Journal of Virology, 2012, 86(24): 13795-13799.
DOI:10.1128/JVI.02174-12

摘要

Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection of macaques can result in central nervous system disorders, such as meningitis and encephalitis. We studied 10 animals inoculated with brain-derived virus from animals with SIV encephalitis. Over half of the macaques developed SIV-induced neurologic disease. Elevated levels of systemic immune activation were observed to correlate with viral RNA in the cerebral spinal fluid but not with plasma viral load, consistent with a role for SIV in the pathogenesis of neurologic disease.

  • 出版日期2012-12