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. 2021 Jun 9;11:12176. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-88052-7

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Representative pathways indicative of neurodegeneration, impairments in bioenergetics, and neuroinflammation correlated with brain HIV RNA load in the frontal cortex. (AC) The pathway analysis by GSEA demonstrated transcriptional changes that are indicative of neurodegeneration, including pathways representative of gene expression changes in AD, PD, and HD.  (D) Gene expression changes indicated a reduction of neuronal signaling that is consistent with synaptodendritic injury, (EH) impairments in mitochondrial function and energy metabolism, including reductions of TCA cycle, electron transport, and glycolytic genes, (IL) impairments in RNA synthesis and processing, (MP) proteostasis and protein synthesis, (Q, R) increased inflammation and cytokine signaling, (S) extracellular matrix, and (T) complement genes.  HIV H, high brain HIV RNA load; HIV L, low brain HIV RNA load.