Mononuclear phagocytes and HIV infection

TOPICS COVERERED IN THIS TALK: The HIV pandemic;HIV structure; HIV target cells and their viral receptors; HIV life cycle; Macrophages as "Trojan horses" of HIV; Comparison of HIV infection of T cells and macrophages; Macrophage differentiation; HIV infection of bone marrow precursors in vitro and in vivo; Functional defects of monocytes; HIV and tissue macrophages; HIV and the brain; HIV and intestinal macrophages; HIV replication in monocytic cell lines; U937 and U1 cell lines; HMGB1 and HIV infection of U937 cells; U937 cell clones and TRIM22; IFNs and HIV infection of macrophages; Human macrophage polarization and HIV infection; Macrophage polarization and inhibition of HIV replication; Differences between M1 and M2 macrophages in inhibiting HIV replication