Immunoreconstitution after ritonavir therapy in children with human immunodeficiency virus infection involves multiple lymphocyte lineages  

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Sleasman, John W. ; Nelson, Robert P. ; Goodenow, Maureen M. ; Wilfret, David ; Hutson, Alan

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Pediatrics vol. 135 no. 05 (Nov. 1999), page 597-606.
Topik: CDC ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; HIV ; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1; NK ; Natural killer

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: J45.K.1999.02 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Objective: To evaluate lymphocyte reconstitution after protease inhibitor therapy in children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Study design: Forty-four HIV-infected children receiving ritonavir monotherapy followed by the addition of zidovudine and didanosine were evaluated during a phase I/II clinical trial. The cohort had a median age of 6.8 years and advanced disease (57% Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stage C, 73% immune stage 3) and was naive to protease inhibitor therapy. Results: After 4 weeks of therapy, there was a significant increase in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. CD4+ T cells continued to increase, whereas CD8+ T cells returned to baseline by 24 weeks. Unexpectedly, there was a significant increase in B cells. Changes in CD4+ T-cell subsets revealed an initial increase in CD4+ CD45RO T cells followed by a sustained increase in CD4+ CD45RA T cells. Children <6 years of age had the highest increase in all lymphocyte populations. Significant improvement in CD4+ T-cell counts was observed even in those children whose viral burden returned to pre-therapy levels. Conclusions: Early increases in lymphocytes after ritonavir therapy are a result of recirculation, as shown by increases in B cells and CD4+ CD45RO and CD8+ T cells. Children exhibited a high potential to reconstitute CD4+ CD45RA T cells even with advanced disease and incomplete viral suppression.

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