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Several members of the chemokine receptor family are used together with CD4 for HIV-1 entry into target cells1–6. T cell line-tropic (T-tropic) HIV-1 viruses use the chemokine receptor CXCR4 as a co-receptor1, whereas macrophage-tropic (M-tropic) primary viruses use CCR5 (refs 2–6). Individuals with defective CCR5 alleles exhibit resistance to HIV-1 infection7,8, suggesting that CCR5 has an important role in vivo in HIV-1 replication. A subset of primary viruses can use CCR3 as well as CCR5 as a co-receptor5,6, but the in vivo contribution of CCR3 to HIV-1 infection and pathogenesis is unknown. HIV-1 infects the central nervous system (CNS) and causes the dementia associated with AIDS9. Here we report that the major target cells for HIV-1 infection in the CNS, the microglia9–11, express both CCR3 and CCR5. The CCR3 ligand, eotaxin, and an anti-CCR3 antibody inhibited HIV-1 infection of microglia, as did MIP-1β, which is a CCR5 ligand. Our results suggest that both CCR3 and CCR5 promote efficient infection of the CNS by HIV-1.
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He, J., Chen, Y., Farzan, M. et al. CCR3 and CCR5 are co-receptors for HIV-1 infection of microglia. Nature 385, 645–649 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/385645a0
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