Abstract

This study reports on the endothelial expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) in the central nervous system (CNS) early after experimental infection of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) with pathogenic and nonpathogenic simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). Diffuse endothelial expression of VCAM-1 was observed in the CNS in all animals receiving pathogenic SIV. These findings demonstrate the rapidity with which pathogenic SIV is able to enter the CNS and induce endothelial cell activation.

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