Gang Intervention Program Calls for More Support | Venice, CA Patch
A co-founder of V2K HELPER Foundation, based in Venice, says tensions are high and his group needs financial backing from the community to help prevent gang violence.
Cooperativity between individual transporter protomers: new data fuelling old complexes - Sitte - 2015 - Journal of Neurochemistry - Wiley Online Library
Monoclonal antibodies selective for α‐synuclein oligomers/protofibrils recognize brain pathology in Lewy body disorders and α‐synuclein transgenic mice with the disease‐causing A30P mutation - Fagerqvist - 2013 - Journal of Neurochemistry - Wiley Online Library
Monoclonal antibodies selective for α-synuclein oligomers/protofibrils recognize brain pathology in Lewy body disorders and transgenic mice expressing the disease-causing A30P mutation. Aggregation o...
Tec‐Kinase‐Mediated Phosphorylation of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 is Essential for Unconventional Secretion - Ebert - 2010 - Traffic - Wiley Online Library
Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) is a potent mitogen that is exported from cells by an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)/Golgi-independent mechanism. Unconventional secretion of FGF2 occurs by direct tran...
Oxidative stress (OS) resulting from an imbalance between antioxidant defenses and the intracellular accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) contributes to age-related memory deficits. While im...
Wnt signaling pathway overcomes the disruption of neuronal differentiation of neural progenitor cells induced by oligomeric amyloid β‐peptide - Shruster - 2011 - Journal of Neurochemistry - Wiley Online Library
J. Neurochem. (2011) 116, 522–529. Abstract Neural stem cells give rise to new hippocampal neurons throughout adulthood. Defects in neurogenesis are associated with cognitive dysfunctions, such a...
Ion Migration in Perovskite Light Emitting Diodes: Mechanism, Characterizations, and Material and Device Engineering - Li - - Advanced Materials - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, perovskite light emitting diodes (PeLEDs) have emerged as a promising new lighting technology with high external quantum efficiency, color purity, and wavelength tunability as well a...
Proceedings of the ISEV symposium on “HIV, NeuroAIDS, drug abuse & EVs” - Hu - 2017 - Journal of Extracellular Vesicles - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are globular, membrane bound nanovesicles (30–100 nm range) that are shed both during normal cellular functioning and under pathological conditions by most cell types. In...
VCU researchers combat opiate addiction - VCU News - Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers are fighting the opioid epidemic by brainstorming more effective clinical approaches, elucidating the biological mechanisms of addiction and developing saf
Covid-19: Andhra Pradesh reports 6,051 new cases on Monday, tally climbs to 1,02,349
As many as 1,090 succumbed to the infection. In terms of deaths, Andhra Pradesh occupied seventh place in the country, preceded by Maharashtra (13,656 deaths), Delhi (3,827), Tamil Nadu (3,494), Gujarat (2,322), Karnataka (1,880) and Uttar Pradesh (1,426).
Gene chromosomal organization and expression in cultured human neurons exposed to cocaine and HIV-1 proteins gp120 and tat: Drug abuse and NeuroAIDS — University of Miami's Research Profiles
NeuroAIDS, Drug Abuse, and Inflammation: Building Collaborative Research Activities | SpringerLink
Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology - Neurological complications of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are a public health problem despite the availability of active antiretroviral...
NeuroAIDS, Drug Abuse, and Inflammation: Building Collaborative Research Activities | SpringerLink
Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology - Neurological complications of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are a public health problem despite the availability of active antiretroviral...
The Evaluation of Therapeutic Efficacy and Safety Profile of Simvastatin Prodrug Micelles in a Closed Fracture Mouse Model | SpringerLink
Pharmaceutical Research - To evaluate the therapeutic efficiency of a micellar prodrug formulation of simvastatin (SIM/SIM-mPEG) and explore its safety in a closed femoral fracture mouse model. The...
Productive infection of human neural progenitor cells by R5... : AIDS
d opiates, contributing to HIV-1-related neuropathology. Reports of hNPC infection remain controversial. We rigorously examined this question, testing whether hNPCs propogated infection, and whether HIV affected hNPCs absent their infection. Design and methods: Primary hNPCs were characterized over multiple passages. Following R5 HIV-1BaL exposure, p24, Nef, and tat assays monitored infection; a serial dilution approach tested infection transfer to naive hNPCs. Bromodeoxyuridine uptake, population doubling time, and immunostaining assessed proliferation and differentiation. Morphine co-exposure assessed opiate interactions. Supernatant from HIV-1BaL-infected PBMCs (HIVsup), HIV-1BaL, and ultraviolet light-inactivated HIVsup were compared to test effects of inflammatory milieu versus virus or infection per se. Results: The hNPCs (CD4−/CD8−/Iba−/CXC3CL1−/CD11b−) were infectable and could transfer infection to naive hNPCs. Infection was partly blocked by maraviroc, implicating CCR5. HIVsup reduced hNPC proliferation and caused premature differentiation into neurons/astroglia. Effects on proliferation were due to soluble factors/viral proteins, not infection per se. Morphine co-exposure exacerbated certain functional consequences of HIVsup, and sustained the infection of hNPCs. Conclusion: hNPCs can be infected and propagate virus in vitro. hNPCs or their progeny may represent an underappreciated viral reservoir. Factors from infected cells alter hNPC proliferation and neural cell maturation, which likely compromises CNS structure and function. Morphine–HIV interactions may worsen dysfunction and sustain infection....