Low Relative Frequencies of CD26+ CD4+ Cells in Long-Term Nonprogressing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Subjects
AUTOR(ES)
Broström, Christina
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
A broad antibody panel was used for immunophenotyping of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients who were long-term nonprogressors (LTNP). The LTNP were compared with patients in the early phase of infection and patients who had progressed to advanced immunodeficiency. Changes in CD8+ subset distribution were observed mainly at acquisition of HIV-1 infection, whereas CD4+ subset changes appeared during progression of HIV-1 infection. The decreasing levels of CD4+ cells were characterized by an increasing frequency of cells expressing the activation markers HLA-Dr and CD45RO but not the CD28 surface antigen. The LTNP exhibited significant changes compared to HIV-negative patients in almost all markers. Compared to patients in the early phase of infection, the only difference was a relatively lower frequency of CD4+ cells expressing CD26 among the LTNP. The results show that HIV-1-infected persons who have no signs of immunodeficiency despite many years of infection have an immunophenotypic pattern that is substantially different from that of noninfected persons. Despite the long duration of infection, the LTNP exhibit a pattern similar to that of newly infected persons, with the exception of lower expression of CD26 on CD4+ cells.
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http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=95637Documentos Relacionados
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