Journal of Cytokine Biology
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Biography

He worked as Visiting Scientist, Genetics and Development Department and Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. He also worked as Research Assistant Professor, FGIN Department of Biochemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Italo Mocchetti worked as Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. He also worked as Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. He worked as Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. He worked as Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Currently he is working as Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington D.C.

Research Interest

Role of proBDNF and p75NTR in HIV-mediated axonal/dendritic degeneration This proposal tests the novel hypothesis that HIV injures neurons by the release of neuronal proBDNF, which in turn, activates microglia and p75NTR.
GPR75: a new CCL5 receptor that mediates neuroprotection against HIV This exploratory proposal is aimed at establishing whether the chemokine CCL5 is neuroprotective by activating GPR75, a novel orphan receptor.

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