HIV as an inflammatory disease

Journal of HIV Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 50-51

  Smith, Don ^a  

^a Clinical Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIDANOSINE; INDINAVIR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOPINAVIR; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MORTALITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 74549115403     PISSN: 14620308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

References (7)

1. Grunfeld C, Delaney JA, Wanke C et al. Preclinical atherosclerosis due to HIV infection: carotid intima-medial thickness measurements from the FRAM study. AIDS, 2009, 23, 1841-1849.
2. Hsue PY, Hunt PW, Schnell A et al. Role of viral replication, antiretroviral therapy, and immunodeficiency in HIV-associated atherosclerosis. AIDS, 2009, 23, 1059-1067.
3. LawMG, Friis-Møller N, El-SadrWM et al. D:A:D Study Group. The use of the Framingham equation to predict myocardial infarctions in HIV-infected patients: comparison with observed events in the D:A:D Study. HIV Med, 2006, 7, 218-230.
4. Rodger AJ, Fox Z, Lundgren JD et al. INSIGHT Strategies for Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (SMART) Study Group. Activation and coagulation biomarkers are independent predictors of the development of opportunistic disease in patients with HIV infection. J Infect Dis, 2009, 200, 973-983.
5. Smith KY, Patel P, Fine D et al. Randomized, double-blind, placebomatched, multicenter trial of abacavir/lamivudine or tenofovir/ emtricitabine with lopinavir/ritonavir for initial HIV treatment. AIDS, 2009, 23, 1547-1556.
6. Tincati C, Bellistrì GM, Casana M et al. CD8+ hyperactivation and senescence correlate with early carotid intima-media thickness in HIV+ patients with no cardiovascular disease. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 2009, 51, 642-644.
7. Nies-Kraske E, Schacker TW, Condoluci D et al. Evaluation of the pathogenesis of decreasing CD4+ T cell counts in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients receiving successfully suppressive antiretroviral therapy. J Infect Dis, 2009, 199, 1648.