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16837860

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
alpha-Defensins 1, 2, and 3 exert antiretroviral activity in vitro, but their role in controlling HIV-1 replication in vivo and the cells that produce them are controversial. This study sought to determine whether alpha-defensins are present in HIV-1-infected individuals' lymphoid tissues, the major site of HIV-1 replication, and to identify the cells that express them. alpha-Defensin expression was evaluated by immunostaining inguinal lymph node sections from 19 untreated HIV-1-infected individuals and 8 individuals at low risk or seronegative for HIV-1 infection. Percentages of tissue sections that stained positively for alpha-defensins were not significantly different between HIV-seropositive (median, 7.6%) and -seronegative (median, 5.5%) individuals. Conditions that could have produced lymph node inflammation were present in most seronegative subjects, and their lymph node weights correlated with alpha-defensin expression (Spearman rho = 0.833; P = 0.010). A median of 100% (range, 95%-100%) of alpha-defensin-expressing lymph node cells from 8 subjects coexpressed the granulocyte marker, CD15. CD15 and alpha-defensin staining correlated (Spearman rho = 0.622; P < 0.001). These data suggest that alpha-defensins within lymphoid tissue are expressed by granulocytes and are prevalent in HIV-1-seronegative individuals with inflammatory processes as well as HIV-1-infected individuals. The role of alpha-defensins in controlling HIV-1 replication merits further investigation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1525-4135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
529-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
alpha-Defensins 1, 2, and 3 are expressed by granulocytes in lymphoid tissues of HIV-1-seropositive and -seronegative individuals.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, 80262, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural