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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
A longitudinal study of the replication capacity of HIV strains isolated from 18 patients failing highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was undertaken at the time of genotypic guided change of therapy and after 12 months. Patients were divided in two groups according to the response to therapy: immune responders (12 patients with immune recovery defined as having more than 100 CD4 cells compared to baseline value), and failing patients (six patients without immune recovery). At enrollment no significant difference in terms of CD4 cell count and HIV plasma viremia was detected between the two groups. One year after change of therapy, all patients experienced a decrease in the replication capacity of HIV strains. The HIV replication capacity of the failing and of immune-responder patients decreased from 60% (range 14-96%) to 26.4% (range 0.4-74.5) and from 46.8% (range 15-98%) to 3.6% (range 0.1-26.8%), respectively. At month 12, the difference of HIV replication capacity between the two groups reached a statistical significance (P<0.03). After the change of therapy, an increase in the number of drug resistance mutations in the protease gene was detected in both groups with a higher prevalence of M36I mutation in immune responders. The HIV strains of patients failing HAART showed a progressive impaired replication capacity. The degree of the impairment in viral replication correlated with the viro-immunological discordant response to HAART and with the acquisition of new drug resistant mutations in the protease gene. In patients failing HAART, the impaired replication capacity of HIV strains could justify the persistence of an immune recovery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0146-6615
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
511-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Anti-HIV Agents, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-CD4 Lymphocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Drug Resistance, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-HIV, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-HIV Core Protein p24, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-HIV Protease, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-HIV Protease Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Proviruses, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-RNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Treatment Failure, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Viral Load, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Viremia, pubmed-meshheading:14981751-Virus Replication
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Decrease of replicative capacity of HIV isolates after genotypic guided change of therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Public Health, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article