Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
As cytokines and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25-(OH)2D] appear to have an important role in bone homeostasis, we examined the possibility that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, characterized by enhanced levels of proinflammatory cytokines and 1,25-(OH)2D deficiency, have disturbed bone metabolism by analyzing serum markers of bone formation (osteocalcin) and bone resorption (C-telopeptide) in 73 HIV-infected patients. HIV-infected patients with advanced clinical and immunological disease and high viral load were characterized by increased C-telopeptide and particularly by markedly depressed osteocalcin levels. HIV-infected patients had enhanced activation of the TNF system. Serum concentrations of p55 and p75-TNF receptors were negatively correlated with osteocalcin, and p75-TNF receptor was positively correlated with C-telopeptide. HIV-infected patients with advanced disease also had decreased serum concentrations of 1,25-(OH)2D, but this parameter was not correlated with osteocalcin or C-telopeptide. During 24 months with highly active antiretroviral therapy there was a marked rise in serum osteolcalcin levels together with a profound fall in viral load and TNF components and a marked rise in CD4+ T cell counts. Also, there was a shift from no correlation to a significant correlation between osteocalcin and C-telopeptide levels during such therapy. The present study suggests disturbed bone formation and resorption during HIV infection. Our findings indicating synchronization of bone remodeling during highly active antiretroviral therapy may represent a previously unrecognized beneficial effect of such therapy and expand our knowledge of the interactions between cytokines and bone in the bone-remodeling process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
145-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Decreased bone formative and enhanced resorptive markers in human immunodeficiency virus infection: indication of normalization of the bone-remodeling process during highly active antiretroviral therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Institute for Internal Medicine, Medical Department A, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway. pal.aukrust@klinmed.uio.no
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't