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Residual HIV-specific CD4 and CD8 T cell frequencies after prolonged antiretroviral therapy reflect pretreatment plasma virus load.
Oxenius, Annette; Price, David A; Dawson, Sara J; Günthard, Huldrych F; Fischer, Marek; Perrin, Luc; Ramirez, Elbe; Fagard, Catherine; Hirschel, Bernard; Scullard, George; Weber, Jonathan N; McLean, Angela R; Phillips, Rodney E.
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  • Oxenius A; Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital and Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Oxford, UK.
AIDS ; 16(17): 2317-22, 2002 Nov 22.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12441804
BACKGROUND: Virus-specific cellular immune responses mediated by CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes are thought to be central to the effective control of HIV-1 replication in vivo. However, quantitative correlations between HIV-specific T lymphocyte frequencies and plasma virus load (pVL) have proved difficult to establish in infected human individuals. This most likely reflects the complex interactions between the virus and these immune effector cells in the absence of treatment. OBJECTIVE: To assess frequencies of HIV-specific T lymphocytes after prolonged suppression of viral replication, i.e., under conditions where the effects of virus on the immune response are standardized and minimized, thereby fixing an important variable in a dynamic multivariate system. METHODS: HIV-specific CD4 and CD8 T lymphocyte frequencies were measured in 122 individuals after prolonged periods of successful combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) administered during chronic HIV-1 infection. RESULTS: The residual frequency of both CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes specific for HIV-1 was inversely related to the pretreatment pVL. This relationship appeared to be non-linear, indicating the presence of a threshold pretreatment pVL level above which HIV-specific CD4 and CD8 T lymphocyte responses could not be maintained when antigenic drive was suppressed. Substantial populations of functional HIV-specific CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes were generally detectable after prolonged ART only in those individuals with a pretreatment plasma HIV-1 RNA < 100,000 copies/ml. CONCLUSION: These findings identify a quantitative immune associate of host-virus interactions in established HIV-1 infection.
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Bases de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Linfocitos T CD4-Positivos / Infecciones por VIH / VIH-1 / Linfocitos T CD8-positivos / Fármacos Anti-VIH Tipo de estudio: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: AIDS Asunto de la revista: SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS) Año: 2002 Tipo del documento: Article
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Bases de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Linfocitos T CD4-Positivos / Infecciones por VIH / VIH-1 / Linfocitos T CD8-positivos / Fármacos Anti-VIH Tipo de estudio: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: AIDS Asunto de la revista: SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS) Año: 2002 Tipo del documento: Article