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Copyright © 2008 American Society for Investigative Pathology
American Journal of Pathology, doi:10.2353/ajpath.2008.080130


Accepted for publication March 10, 2008.


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Adding Fuel to the Fire: Methamphetamine Enhances HIV Infection

Raghava Potula* and Yuri Persidsky{dagger}@

From the Departments of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience,* and Pathology and Microbiology,{dagger} University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

@ To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ypersids{at}unmc.edu.


   Abstract
This Commentary examines the ability of methamphetamine to enhance HIV-1 infection in human macrophages, shedding new light on the drug's role in augmenting HIV-1 replication and immunopathogenesis.








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