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Increased homeostatic cytokines and stability of HIV-infected memory CD4 T-cells identify individuals with suboptimal CD4 T-cell recovery on-ART.
| Title: | Increased homeostatic cytokines and stability of HIV-infected memory CD4 T-cells identify individuals with suboptimal CD4 T-cell recovery on-ART. |
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| Authors: | Maria Pino, Susan Pereira Ribeiro, Amélie Pagliuzza, Khader Ghneim, Anum Khan, Emily Ryan, Justin L Harper, Colin T King, Sarah Welbourn, Luca Micci, Sol Aldrete, Keith A Delman, Theron Stuart, Michael Lowe, Jason M Brenchley, Cynthia A Derdeyn, Kirk Easley, Rafick P Sekaly, Nicolas Chomont, Mirko Paiardini, Vincent C Marconi |
| Source: | PLoS Pathogens, Vol 17, Iss 8, p e1009825 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Immunologic diseases. Allergy LCC:Biology (General) |
| Subject Terms: | Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607, Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
| More Details: | Clinical outcomes are inferior for individuals with HIV having suboptimal CD4 T-cell recovery during antiretroviral therapy (ART). We investigated if the levels of infection and the response to homeostatic cytokines of CD4 T-cell subsets contributed to divergent CD4 T-cell recovery and HIV reservoir during ART by studying virologically-suppressed immunologic responders (IR, achieving a CD4 cell count >500 cells/μL on or before two years after ART initiation), and virologically-suppressed suboptimal responders (ISR, did not achieve a CD4 cell count >500 cells/μL in the first two years after ART initiation). Compared to IR, ISR demonstrated higher levels of HIV-DNA in naïve, central (CM), transitional (TM), and effector (EM) memory CD4 T-cells in blood, both pre- and on-ART, and specifically in CM CD4 T-cells in LN on-ART. Furthermore, ISR had higher pre-ART plasma levels of IL-7 and IL-15, cytokines regulating T-cell homeostasis. Notably, pre-ART PD-1 and TIGIT expression levels were higher in blood CM and TM CD4 T-cells for ISR; this was associated with a significantly lower fold-changes in HIV-DNA levels between pre- and on-ART time points exclusively on CM and TM T-cell subsets, but not naïve or EM T-cells. Finally, the frequency of CM CD4 T-cells expressing PD-1 or TIGIT pre-ART as well as plasma levels of IL-7 and IL-15 predicted HIV-DNA content on-ART. Our results establish the association between infection, T-cell homeostasis, and expression of PD-1 and TIGIT in long-lived CD4 T-cell subsets prior to ART with CD4 T-cell recovery and HIV persistence on-ART. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1553-7366 1553-7374 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7366; https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7374 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009825 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/067e37f438b34fd7827433be61b176ba |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.067e37f438b34fd7827433be61b176ba |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| ISSN: | 15537366 15537374 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009825 |
| Published in: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Language: | English |