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. 2019 Feb 22;9:2567. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37495-6

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Effect of cocaine on transmigration of HIV-1 particles. (A) Cell-free virions were used for transmigration assays. Infectivity of these virions were measured by TZM-bl based luciferase reporter assay. (B) Schematic representation of transmigration assay of HIV-1 particles through the endothelial cell barrier. To measure transmigration of HIV-1 particles, 8 × 104 HBMECs were seeded on a transwell for 7 days. Thereafter, virions (200 μL) were added to the upper chamber and transmigration was measured by using the media in the lower chamber in TZM-bl based infectivity assay. (C) Transmigration of HIV-1 particles after 24 h as measured by infectivity. (D) Infectivity of virions added to the upper chamber. Data represents the mean ± SEM of at least three independent determinations.