Plasma folate studies in HIV-positive patients at the Lagos university teaching hospital, Nigeria

Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-103

  Alani, Akanmu ^a   Vincent, Osunkalu ^a   Adewumi, Adediran ^a   Titilope, Adeyemo ^a   Onogu, Ernest ^a   Ralph, Akinde ^a   Hab, Coker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anemia; folate; HIV infection

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VENOUS BLOOD; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 78951484616     PISSN: 02537184     EISSN: 19983816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7184.74995     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Mason JB, Choi SW. Folate and carcinogenesis: Developing a unifying hypothesis. Adv Enzyme Regul 2000;40:127-9.
2. Selhub J, Rosenberg IH. Folic Acid. Present Knowledge in Nutrition. 7th ed. Washington, DC: ILSI Press; 1996. p. 206.
3. Choi SW, Mason JB. Folate and carcinogenesis: An integrated scheme. J Nutr 2000;130:129-32.
4. Richard SB, Emilio M, Carl E, Mariana K, Baum F. Altered folate metabolism in early HIV infect. JAMA 1988;259:579.
5. Ramakrishnan U. Prevalence of micronutrient malnutrition worldwide. Nutr Rev 2002;60:S46-52.
6. Jacob RA, Gretz DM, Taylor PC, James SJ, Pogribny IP, Miller BJ, et al. Moderate folate depletion increases plasma homocysteine and decreases lymphocyte DNA methylation in postmenopausal women. J Nutr 1998;128:1204-12.
7. Koury MJ, Price JO, Hicks GG. Apoptosis in megaloblastic anemia occurs during DNA synthesis by a p53-independent, nucleosidereversible mechanism. Blood 2000;96:3249-55.
8. Zhu WY, Melera PW. Basal levels of metallothionein I and II expression in mouse embryo fibroblasts enhance growth in low folate through a cell cycle mediated pathway. Cell Biol Int 2001;25:1261-9.
9. Huang RF, Ho YH, Lin HL, Wei JS, Liu TZ. Folate deficiency induces a cell cyclespecific apoptosis in HepG2 cells. J Nutr 1999;129:25-31.
10. Koury MJ, Horne DW. Apoptosis mediates and thymidine prevents erythroblast destruction in folate deficiency anemia. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1994;91:4067-71.
11. Dhur A, Galan P, Hercberg S. Folate status and the immune system. Prog Food Nutr Sci 1991;15:43-60.
12. Baum MK, Shor-Posner G, Lu Y, Rosner B, Sauberlich HE, Fletcher MA, et al. Micronutrients and HIV-l disease progression. AIDS 1995;9:1051-6.
13. Boudes P, Zittoun J, Sobel A. Folate, vitamin B12, and HIV infection. Lancet 1990;335:1401-2.
14. Koury MJ, Park DJ, Martincic D, Home DW, Kravtsov V, Whitlock JA, et al. Folate deficiency delays the onset but increases the incidence of leukemia in Friend virus-infected mice. Blood 1997;90:4054-61.
15. Skibola CF, Smith MT, Kane E, Roman E, Rollinson S, Cartwright RA, et al. Polymorphisms in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene are associated with susceptibility to acute leukemia in adults. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1999; 96:12810-5.
16. Zon LI, Arkin C, Groopman JE. Haematological manifestations of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Semin Hematol 1988;25:205-8.
17. Sullivan PS, Hansol DL, Chu SY, Jones JL, Ward JW. Epidemiology of anaemia in human immunodeficiency virus infected persons: Results from the Multistate Adult and Adolescent Spectrum of HIV Disease Surveillance Project. Blood 1998;91:292-301.
18. Kreuzer KA, Rockstroth JK. Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of anaemia in HIV infection. Ann Hematol 1997;75:179-87.
19. Zauli G, Re MC, Visani G, Furlini G, Mazza P, Vignoli M, et al. Evidence for a human immunodeficiency virus type-l- mediated suppression of un infected hematopoietic (CD34+) cells in AIDS patients. J Infect Dis 1992;166:707-10.
20. Horsburgh CR. Mycobacterium avium complex infection in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. N Engl J Med 1991;324:1322-32.
21. Naides SJ, Howard EJ, Swack NS, True CA, Stapleton JT. Parvovirus B19 infection in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected persons failing or intolerant to zidovudine therapy. J Infect Dis 1993;168:101-5.
22. Richman DD, Fischl MA, Grieco MH, Gottleib MS, Volderding PA, Laskin OL, et al. The toxicity of azidothymidine (AZT) in the treatment of patients with AIDS and AIDS-related complex: A double-blinded, placebo controlled trial. N Engl J Med 1987;317:189-92.
23. Faulds D, Heel RC. Ganciclovir: A review of its antiviral activity, pharmacokinetic properties and therapeutic efficiency in cytomegalovirus infections. Drugs 1990;39:592-7.
24. Keisu M, Wiholm BE. Trimethoprim-su1phamethoxazole-associated blood dyscrasias: Ten years' experience of the Swedish spontaneous reporting system. J Intern Med 1990;228:351-3.
25. Rothenberg SP. Increasing the dietary intake of folate: Pros and Cons. Semin Hematol 1999;36:65-74.
26. Babafemi T. General HIV Medicine. 1st ed, Vol. 1. TFC Press; 2004. p. 10-1.
27. Hemberg M. Lymphocyte subsets as prognostic markers for cancer patients receiving immunomodulative therapy. Med Oncol 1999;16:145-53.
28. Coodley G, Girard DE. Vitamins and minerals in HIV infection. J Gen Intern Med 1991;6:472-9.
29. van den Broek NR, White SA, Neilson JP. The relationship between asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection and the prevalence and severity of anemia in pregnant Malawian women. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998;59:1004-7.
30. Friis H, Gomo E, Koestel P, Ndhlovu P, Nyazema N, Krarup H, et al. HIV and other predictors of serum folate, serum ferritin, and hemoglobin in pregnancy: A cross-sectional study in Zimbabwe. Am J Clin Nutr 2001;73:1066-73.
31. Courtemanche C, Elson-Schwab I, Mashiyama ST, Kerry N, Ames BN. Folate deficiency inhibits the proliferation of primary human CD8+ T lymphocytes in vitro. J Immunol 2004;173:3186-92.
32. Castro L, Goldani LZ. Iron, folate and vit B12 parameters in HIV infected patient with anaemia in southern Brazil. Trop Doct 2009;39:83-5.