Presence of IgG anti-gp160/120 antibodies confers higher HIV capture capacity to erythrocytes from HIV-positive individuals.

Autor: Maria Noé Garcia, Maria Sol dos Ramos Farias, Lucia Fazzi, Daniel Grasso, Roberto Daniel Rabinovich, Maria Mercedes Ávila
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 9, p e45808 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045808
Popis: BACKGROUND: HIV binding has been demonstrated in erythrocytes from HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals. However, the presence of immunoglobulins G anti-HIV (IgG anti-HIV) in erythrocytes from HIV-positive individuals is still to be elucidated. Moreover, the capacity of erythrocytes from HIV-positive individuals to capture an additional amount of HIV has not been studied. Indeed, it is unknown if HIV binding to erythrocytes in HIV-positive persons could have consequences on the cell-free infectious virus available. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: IgGs anti-HIV associated to erythrocytes were found in 77.3% (58/75) of the HIV-positive individuals studied and the IgGs anti-gp160 and anti-p24 were the most frequently found. We found a positive association between detectable plasma viral load (pVL) and presence of IgGs anti-HIV associated to erythrocyte (p
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