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Plasma Inflammatory Biomarkers Predict CD4+ T-cell Recovery and Viral Rebound in HIV-1 Infected Africans on Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy

  • Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development
  • Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam
  • University of Pretoria
  • HIV Monitoring Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Joint Clinical Research Center
  • Lusaka Trust Hospital, Zambia.
  • University of Lagos
  • Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital
  • Muelmed Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
  • African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Addis Ababa, 5487, Ethiopia;
  • Emerging Infections Group, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
  • University of Oxford

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Abstract

This multicountry prospective study investigated whether persistent systemic inflammation, measured by 8 plasma biomarkers, in HIV-1-infected Africans during suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART) (viral load <50 copies/mL), was associated with CD4+ T-cell recovery and viral rebound (>1000 copies/mL) during long-term treatment. On-ART sCD14 and C-reactive protein concentrations were inversely associated with subsequent CD4+ T-cell counts. Risk of viral rebound was increased for participants with higher on-ART CXCL10 concentrations and reduced for those with a greater sCD163 decline during the first year of ART. Persistent systemic inflammation predicted CD4+ T-cell recovery and viral rebound, warranting further mechanistic research in relation to clinical outcomes.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)673-678
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of infectious diseases
Volume224
Issue number4
Early online date29 Dec 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2021

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • HIV-1
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • biomarkers
  • cytokines
  • immune activation
  • inflammation
  • sub-Saharan Africa

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