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Dynamics of Immune Reconstitution and Activation Markers in HIV plus Treatment-Naive Patients Treated with Raltegravir, Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate and Emtricitabine
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Dynamics of Immune Reconstitution and Activation Markers in HIV plus Treatment-Naive Patients Treated with Raltegravir, Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate and Emtricitabine

Nicholas T. Funderburg, Adriana Andrade, Ellen S. Chan, Susan L. Rosenkranz, Darlene Lu, Brian Clagett, Heather A. Pilch-Cooper, Benigno Rodriguez, Judith Feinberg, Eric Daar, …
PloS one, v 8(12)
18 Dec 2013
PMID: 24367599
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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0083514&type=printableView
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Background: The dynamics of CD4+ T cell reconstitution and changes in immune activation and inflammation in HIV-1 disease following initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) are incompletely defined and their underlying mechanisms poorly understood. Methods: Thirty-nine treatment-naive patients were treated with raltegravir, tenofovir DF and emtricitabine. Immunologic and inflammatory indices were examined in persons with sustained virologic control during 48 weeks of therapy. Results: Initiation of ART increased CD4+ T cell numbers and decreased activation and cell cycle entry among CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets, and attenuated markers of coagulation (D-dimer levels) and inflammation (IL-6 and TNFr1). These indices decayed at different rates and almost all remained elevated above levels measured in HIV-seronegatives through 48 weeks of viral control. Greater first and second phase CD4+ T cell restoration was related to lower T cell activation and cell cycling at baseline, to their decay with treatment, and to baseline levels of selected inflammatory indices, but less so to their changes on therapy. Conclusions: ART initiation results in dynamic changes in viral replication, T cell restoration, and indices of immune activation, inflammation, and coagulation. These findings suggest that determinants of T cell activation/cycling and inflammation/coagulation may have distinguishable impact on immune homeostasis.

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