T cell regeneration in HIV-infected subjects under highly active antiretroviral therapy (review)

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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Title
T cell regeneration in HIV-infected subjects under highly active antiretroviral therapy (review)
Journal
International Journal of Molecular Medicine
Author(s)
Fleury  S., Pantaleo  G.
ISSN
1107-3756 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
07/1999
Volume
4
Number
1
Pages
91-7
Notes
Journal Article
Review --- Old month value: Jul
Abstract
The initial idea that high amounts of cytopathic virus produced everyday can drive high CD4+ T cell production seemed logical and explained the progressive CD4+ T cell depletion observed in HIV-infected subjects. It was hypothesized that the CD4+ T lymphocyte production was increased up to 70-fold in HIV-infected subjects. Determination of the CD4+ T cell production was based on the kinetics of CD4+ T cell recovery following initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). However, this analysis is limited by: i) the assumption that blood CD4+ T cells are representative of the lymph node T cells; and ii) the lack of estimates of CD4+ T lymphocyte turnover in healthy HIV-negative subjects. Several immunologists have expressed caution regarding the assumptions used in modeling CD4+ T cell dynamics. Recent findings clearly show that blood is not representative of lymphoid tissues and invalidate the conclusion of high CD4 turnover drawn from blood studies on HIV-infected subjects. Indeed, when blood and lymph node compartments are considered together, we find that HIV-infected subjects naive to antiretroviral have similar or lower CD4+ T cell production, as compared to healthy subjects. This observation suggests an impaired T cell renewal capacity in HIV-1 infected patients.
Keywords
Anti-HIV Agents/*therapeutic use CD4 Lymphocyte Count CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*drug effects/*immunology/pathology Cell Division HIV Infections/*drug therapy/*immunology/pathology Homeostasis Humans Immunologic Memory Lymphocyte Activation Models, Biological
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