| Autor: |
Almeida, Coral-Ann M., Price, Patricia, French, Martyn A.H. |
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AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses; December 10, 2002, Vol. 18 Issue: 18 p1351-1355, 5p |
| Abstrakt: |
Immune activation associated with HIV infection declines after highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), but may persist or recur in some patients. It is not clear whether this reflects a resurgence of HIV replication or another cause of immune activation, such as inflammatory reactions to opportunistic pathogens (immune restoration disease [IRD]). Here, we studied plasma and cellular immune activation markers in adult HIV-1 patients who had received HAART for >12 months and maintained plasma HIV RNA levels of <400 copies/ml for >6 months. Plasma interleukin 1 receptor antagonist and tumor necrosis factor receptor I levels were similar in patients and HIV-negative control subjects, but the highest levels occurred mainly in patients with a history of IRD. In contrast, expression of HLA-DR and CD38 on monocytes and of HLA-DR on CD8+ T cells was higher in patients than in control subjects. Thus, cellular markers of immune activation are abnormal in some patients with a good virological response to HAART, and abnormalities of plasma immune activation markers correlate with a history of IRD. |
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