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. 2022 Feb 7;12:2019. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-05848-x

Figure 5.

Figure 5

The effect of EVs on HIV-1 infected neurospheres. Differentiated neurospheres were exposed to dual-tropic HIV-1 89.6 with or without cART (lamivudine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, emtricitabine, indinavir) for a period of fourteen days. Additionally, the HIV-1 + cART treated samples were treated with either iPSC, MSC, or A549 EVs at an approximate ratio of 1:250 (recipient cell to EV ratio). (a) Western blot was performed on neurosphere lysates to evaluate the relative expression of PARP-1, Caspase-3, and BAD. (b) Western blot was performed on neurosphere supernatants to evaluate the relative expression of TNFα, IL-8, and IL-1β.