| Autor: |
Geertsma MF; Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. geertsma@stad.dsl.nl, van Wengen-Stevenhagen A, van Dam EM, Risberg K, Kroon FP, Groeneveld PH, Nibbering PH |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The Journal of infectious diseases [J Infect Dis] 1999 Sep; Vol. 180 (3), pp. 649-58. |
| DOI: |
10.1086/314941 |
| Abstrakt: |
In human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection, functional activities of T lymphocytes are impaired. Analogous to tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes from cancer patients, in whom poor proliferative responses are associated with fewer zeta molecules, this study compared expression of CD3zeta molecules by T lymphocytes from HIV-infected persons and healthy controls. Flow cytometry and immunoblotting revealed significantly diminished zeta expression by CD3, CD4, and CD8 T lymphocytes from AIDS patients but not from persons without AIDS. zeta-mRNA levels were also decreased in cells from AIDS patients. CD3zeta expression correlated significantly with CD4 cell counts and HIV-1 RNA levels; impaired expression of CD3zeta molecules appeared to be reversible upon virus load reduction following highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART). Thus, reduced expression of CD3zeta molecules by T lymphocytes from HIV-infected persons correlates with disease status. Investigations into CD3zeta expression by subpopulations of peripheral T lymphocytes and by T lymphocytes in lymphoid tissues will contribute to the understanding of immune reconstitution of HIV-infected patients following HAART. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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