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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-3
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Immune activation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of HIV disease. Although the causes are not fully understood, the forces that lead to immune dysfunction differ for CD4 and CD8 T cells. In this study, we report that the molecular pathways that drive immune activation during chronic HIV infection are influenced by differences in the homeostatic regulation of the CD4 and CD8 T cell pools. Proliferation of CD4 T cells is controlled more tightly by CD4 T cell numbers than is CD8 T cell proliferation. This difference reflects the importance of maintaining a polyclonal CD4 T cell pool in host surveillance. Both pools of T cells were found to be driven by viral load and its associated state of inflammation. In the setting of HIV-induced lymphopenia, naive CD4 T cells were recruited mainly into the proliferating pool in response to CD4 T cell depletion, whereas naive CD8 T cell proliferation was driven mainly by levels of HIV RNA. RNA analysis revealed increased expression of genes associated with type I IFN and common ? chain cytokine signaling in CD4 T cell subsets and only type I IFN-associated genes in CD8 T cell subsets. In vitro studies demonstrated enhanced STAT1 phosphorylation in response to IFN-? and increased expression of the IFNAR1 transcripts in naive and memory CD4 T cells compared with that observed in CD8 T cells. CD4 T cell subsets also showed enhanced STAT1 phosphorylation in response to exogenous IL-7.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1550-6606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
186
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2106-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-CD4-CD8 Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-G0 Phase, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Homeostasis, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Interferon Type I, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Interferon-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Interleukin-7, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Lymphopenia, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-RNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-STAT1 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:21257970-Viral Load
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
CD4 and CD8 T cell immune activation during chronic HIV infection: roles of homeostasis, HIV, type I IFN, and IL-7.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinical and Molecular Retrovirology Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. catalfam@mail.nih.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural