Discordant responses during antiretroviral therapy: role of immune activation and T cell redistribution rather than true CD4 T cell loss

Mette D Hazenberg, Sigrid A Otto, Ferdinand W N M Wit, Joep M A Lange, Dörte Hamann, Frank Miedema

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Abstract

We studied T cell dynamics in four patients who initially responded well to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) but subsequently experienced virological failure. Maintenance of peripheral blood CD4T cell counts was associated with low levels of immune activation. Low reactivity to rebounding virus may preserve normal T lymphocyte distribution over blood and tissues and be associated with stable peripheral blood T cell numbers in virological failures to HAART.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1287-9
Number of pages3
JournalAIDS (London, England)
Volume16
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Jun 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Anti-HIV Agents/pharmacology
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • CD4 Lymphocyte Count
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
  • HIV Infections/drug therapy
  • HIV-1/drug effects
  • Humans
  • Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • RNA, Viral/analysis
  • Recurrence
  • T-Lymphocytes/cytology

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