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Chemokines and their receptors are being recognized as an integral component of the nervous system implicated in fundamental aspects of development and homeostasis, such as neurotransmission, proliferation, differentiation, and neuronal-glial communication. Thus, their involvement in HIV neuropathology goes far beyond the co-receptors role and entails complex interactions of the chemokine system with different cell types and other regulators of neuronal function. The major goal of this volume is to review these topics in order to highlight alterations of chemokine physiology that may contribute to neuroAIDS and other neuropathologies. This book will be of interest to neuroscientists, neurologists, virologists, pharmacologists, and students in these fields. About the Editor: Olimpia Meucci, MD, PhD is a Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology & Microbiology and Immunology at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Since her seminal discovery about the regulation of neuronal signaling by chemokines, her research has primarily focused on the physio-pathological roles of this important class of neuroimmune modulators in the central nervous system and their involvement in neuroAIDS. These studies have significantly contributed to current understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of HIV-related neuropathology including the interaction of the chemokine system with drug of abuse, namely opiates, which continues to be a major area of investigation in the Meucci lab.

AIDS (Disease) -- Complications -- Treatment. --- Chemokines -- Receptors. --- Chemokines. --- HIV infections -- Complications -- Treatment. --- Chemokines --- AIDS (Disease) --- HIV infections --- Nervous system --- Antigens, CD --- Cytokines --- Diseases --- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes --- Inflammation Mediators --- Receptors, Cytokine --- Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Slow Virus Diseases --- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled --- Lentivirus Infections --- Chemotactic Factors --- Physiology --- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome --- Nervous System Diseases --- HIV Infections --- Receptors, Chemokine --- Immune System Diseases --- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins --- Antigens, Differentiation --- Sexually Transmitted Diseases --- Biological Factors --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Retroviridae Infections --- Receptors, Cell Surface --- Receptors, Immunologic --- Virus Diseases --- Proteins --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Antigens, Surface --- RNA Virus Infections --- Peptides --- Membrane Proteins --- Biological Markers --- Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins --- Antigens --- Medicine --- Biology --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Neurology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Receptors --- Complications --- Treatment --- Chemotherapy --- Receptors. --- Treatment. --- Chemotherapy. --- HIV (Viruses) infections --- HTLV-III infections --- HTLV-III-LAV infections --- Human T-lymphotropic virus III infections --- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome --- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome --- Acquired immunological deficiency syndrome --- Chemotactic cytokines --- Inflammatory peptides --- Intercrines --- Medicine. --- Neurosciences. --- Pharmacology. --- Virology. --- Infectious diseases. --- Biomedicine. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Infectious Diseases. --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Neurosciences --- Lentivirus infections --- Sexually transmitted diseases --- Immunological deficiency syndromes --- Virus-induced immunosuppression --- Inflammation --- Mediators --- Medical virology. --- Toxicology. --- Emerging infectious diseases. --- Emerging infections --- New infectious diseases --- Re-emerging infectious diseases --- Reemerging infectious diseases --- Communicable diseases --- Chemicals --- Pharmacology --- Poisoning --- Poisons --- Medical microbiology --- Virology --- Virus diseases --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Toxicology --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Microbiology --- Physiological effect