Premature immunosenescence in HIV-infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy with low-level CD4 T cell repopulation

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Abstract

Objectives: To analyse the role of thymic function and its association with cellular immunosenescence markers in patients with low-level CD4 T cell repopulation, despite complete HIV RNA replication control on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Methods: Cellular immunosenescence markers comparing patients with CD4 T cell counts ≤250 cells/mm3 for ≥48 weeks (n = 11) and patients with a CD4 T cell count ≥500 cells/mm3 (n = 11) were investigated. Both groups were also compared with 11 healthy volunteers of similar age. Naive CD4 T cell counts, β- and δ-T cell rearrangement excision circles, recent thymic emigrants, replicative senescence marker, cell activation, and rate of apoptosis were analysed. The Mann - Whitney U-test was used to compare parameters between both low-level and high-level CD4 T cell repopulation groups, and healthy volunteers. Results: Our results showed a lower thymic activity in patients with low-level CD4 T cell repopulation, leading to a decline in CD4 T cell production. On the other hand, a higher activation along with a higher replicative senescence of CD4 T cells contributed to a higher rate of apoptotic CD4 T cells in this group of patients. Conclusions: We propose a model with several different related mechanisms involved in premature immune senescence in HIV-infected patients with low-level CD4 repopulation on HAART. The understanding of such different mechanisms could help find effective strategies to prevent immune decay. © The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.

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Molina-Pinelo, S., Vallejo, A., Díaz, L., Soriano-Sarabia, N., Ferrando-Martínez, S., Resino, S., … Leal, M. (2009). Premature immunosenescence in HIV-infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy with low-level CD4 T cell repopulation. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 64(3), 579–588. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkp248

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