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Loss of the CD56hiCD16- NK cell subset and NK cell interferon-gamma production during antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1: partial recovery by human growth hormone.
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Clinical and experimental immunology [Clin Exp Immunol] 2003 Dec; Vol. 134 (3), pp. 470-6. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Previous studies have shown that human natural killer (NK) cells are lost from the periphery and are functionally suppressed during HIV-1 infection, and that the administration of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) results in a recovery of NK cell numbers in HIV-1-infected individuals. However, despite this recovery, interleukin (IL)-2 + IL-12-driven interferon (IFN)-gamma production by NK cells has been shown to remain suppressed after HAART. Here we show that the innate immune factor IL-15 in combination with IL-12 is also unable to recover NK cell IFN-gamma production in HAART-treated individuals. Furthermore, we also demonstrate an imbalance in the distribution of CD56loCD16hi and CD56hiCD16- NK subsets after successful HAART, CD56hiCD16- cells being reduced substantially in HIV-1 patients on HAART. Treatment of patients with combined human growth hormone and antiretroviral therapy resulted in further enhancement in the absolute numbers and the proportion of NK cells in some individuals in the absence of parallel effects on CD4+ T cells. Furthermore, in these individuals HAART with growth hormone resulted in an enhancement of cytokine-driven NK cell activation and IFN-gamma production compared to the HAART-only baseline.
- Subjects :
- Anti-HIV Agents therapeutic use
Antigens, CD immunology
Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte immunology
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
CD56 Antigen analysis
Cells, Cultured
Drug Therapy, Combination
Flow Cytometry
HIV Infections drug therapy
Humans
Interleukin-12 pharmacology
Interleukin-15 pharmacology
Lectins, C-Type
Lymphocyte Count
Receptors, IgG analysis
Statistics, Nonparametric
Antigens, CD analysis
HIV Infections immunology
HIV-1
Human Growth Hormone therapeutic use
Interferon-gamma metabolism
Killer Cells, Natural immunology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0009-9104
- Volume :
- 134
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical and experimental immunology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14632753
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2249.2003.02329.x