Objective: To study virologic and immunologic factors associated with discordant treatment response in HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Design: Study participants included a total of 27 patients: (a) 10 discordant patients (mean CD4+ cell count, 396.1 × 106 cells/l; mean HIV-RNA, 5.4 log10 copies/ml); (b) seven responder patients (mean CD4+ cell count, 997.5 × 106 cells/l); and (c) 10 failing patients (mean CD4+ cell count 66.5 × 106 cells/l; mean HIV-RNA, 5.4 log10 copies/ml). Methods: The HIV-1 isolation rate and biological phenotype, drug resistance genotypic mutations of HIV-1 strains, recall and HIV-1-specific antigen lymphocyte proliferation (LP), and interleukin (IL)-15 production were studied. Results: Virus isolation was obtained in 30% of discordant patients, and in 100% of failing patients. A higher replication constant was reported in discordant patients. No difference in the number of drug resistance mutations and biological phenotypes of HIV-1 was found in discordant patients with respect to failing patients. Discordant patients developed positive LP responses to Candida albicans and HIV-1 p24. LP in response to C. albicans, HIV-1 p24 and gp160 was positive in responder patients. No significant LP was found in failing patients. Increased levels of IL-15 after stimulation with lipopolysaccaride (LPS) and C. albicans were found in both discordant patients and responder patients. Conversely, a strong reduction of IL-15 levels was observed in failing patients. Conclusion: The present results suggest that decreased virus isolation rate, restoration of both lymphocyte proliferation and IL-15 production are factors involved in the discordant antiretroviral therapy response of HIV-infected patients. © 2002 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

D'Ettorre, G., Forcina, G., Andreotti, M., Sarmati, L., Palmisano, L., Galluzzo, C., et al. (2002). Discordant response to antiretroviral therapy: HIV isolation, genotypic mutations, T-cell proliferation and cytokine production. AIDS, 16(14), 1877-1885 [10.1097/00002030-200209270-00004].

Discordant response to antiretroviral therapy: HIV isolation, genotypic mutations, T-cell proliferation and cytokine production

SARMATI, LOREDANA;ANDREONI, MASSIMO
2002-01-01

Abstract

Objective: To study virologic and immunologic factors associated with discordant treatment response in HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Design: Study participants included a total of 27 patients: (a) 10 discordant patients (mean CD4+ cell count, 396.1 × 106 cells/l; mean HIV-RNA, 5.4 log10 copies/ml); (b) seven responder patients (mean CD4+ cell count, 997.5 × 106 cells/l); and (c) 10 failing patients (mean CD4+ cell count 66.5 × 106 cells/l; mean HIV-RNA, 5.4 log10 copies/ml). Methods: The HIV-1 isolation rate and biological phenotype, drug resistance genotypic mutations of HIV-1 strains, recall and HIV-1-specific antigen lymphocyte proliferation (LP), and interleukin (IL)-15 production were studied. Results: Virus isolation was obtained in 30% of discordant patients, and in 100% of failing patients. A higher replication constant was reported in discordant patients. No difference in the number of drug resistance mutations and biological phenotypes of HIV-1 was found in discordant patients with respect to failing patients. Discordant patients developed positive LP responses to Candida albicans and HIV-1 p24. LP in response to C. albicans, HIV-1 p24 and gp160 was positive in responder patients. No significant LP was found in failing patients. Increased levels of IL-15 after stimulation with lipopolysaccaride (LPS) and C. albicans were found in both discordant patients and responder patients. Conversely, a strong reduction of IL-15 levels was observed in failing patients. Conclusion: The present results suggest that decreased virus isolation rate, restoration of both lymphocyte proliferation and IL-15 production are factors involved in the discordant antiretroviral therapy response of HIV-infected patients. © 2002 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
2002
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Sì, ma tipo non specificato
Settore MED/17 - MALATTIE INFETTIVE
English
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Discordant treatment response; Highly active antiretroviral therapy; HIV-isolation; Interleukin-15; Lymphocyte proliferation
D'Ettorre, G., Forcina, G., Andreotti, M., Sarmati, L., Palmisano, L., Galluzzo, C., et al. (2002). Discordant response to antiretroviral therapy: HIV isolation, genotypic mutations, T-cell proliferation and cytokine production. AIDS, 16(14), 1877-1885 [10.1097/00002030-200209270-00004].
D'Ettorre, G; Forcina, G; Andreotti, M; Sarmati, L; Palmisano, L; Galluzzo, C; Nicastri, E; Mastroianni, C; Vullo, V; Vella, S; Andreoni, M
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