PMID- 20660788 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101216 LR - 20240216 IS - 1528-0020 (Electronic) IS - 0006-4971 (Print) IS - 0006-4971 (Linking) VI - 116 IP - 19 DP - 2010 Nov 11 TI - Elevated frequencies of highly activated CD4+ T cells in HIV+ patients developing immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. PG - 3818-27 LID - 10.1182/blood-2010-05-285080 [doi] AB - Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a considerable problem in the treatment of HIV-infected patients. To identify immunologic correlates of IRIS, we characterized T-cell phenotypic markers and serum cytokine levels in HIV patients with a range of different AIDS-defining illnesses, before and at regular time points after initiation of antiretroviral therapy. Patients developing IRIS episodes displayed higher frequencies of effector memory, PD-1(+), HLA-DR(+), and Ki67(+) CD4(+) T cells than patients without IRIS. Moreover, PD-1(+) CD4(+) T cells in IRIS patients expressed increased levels of LAG-3, CTLA-4, and ICOS and had a Th1/Th17 skewed cytokine profile upon polyclonal stimulation. Elevated PD-1 and Ki67 expression was also seen in regulatory T cells of IRIS patients. Furthermore, IRIS patients displayed higher serum interferon-gamma, compared with non-IRIS patients, near the time of their IRIS events and higher serum interleukin-7 levels, suggesting that the T-cell populations are also exposed to augmented homeostatic signals. In conclusion, our findings indicate that IRIS appears to be a predominantly CD4-mediated phenomenon with reconstituting effector and regulatory T cells showing evidence of increased activation from antigenic exposure. These studies are registered online at http://clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00557570 and NCT00286767. FAU - Antonelli, Lis R V AU - Antonelli LR AD - Immunobiology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. FAU - Mahnke, Yolanda AU - Mahnke Y FAU - Hodge, Jessica N AU - Hodge JN FAU - Porter, Brian O AU - Porter BO FAU - Barber, Daniel L AU - Barber DL FAU - DerSimonian, Rebecca AU - DerSimonian R FAU - Greenwald, Jamieson H AU - Greenwald JH FAU - Roby, Gregg AU - Roby G FAU - Mican, Joann AU - Mican J FAU - Sher, Alan AU - Sher A FAU - Roederer, Mario AU - Roederer M FAU - Sereti, Irini AU - Sereti I LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00286767 SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00557570 GR - HHSN261200800001C/RC/CCR NIH HHS/United States GR - HHSN261200800001E/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural DEP - 20100726 PL - United States TA - Blood JT - Blood JID - 7603509 RN - 0 (Anti-HIV Agents) RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (PDCD1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor) SB - IM MH - Anti-HIV Agents/*adverse effects MH - Antigens, CD/metabolism MH - Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/metabolism MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cytokines/blood MH - HIV Infections/*drug therapy/*immunology MH - HIV-1 MH - Humans MH - Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome/*etiology/*immunology MH - Immunologic Memory MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor MH - Retrospective Studies MH - T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology PMC - PMC2981537 EDAT- 2010/07/28 06:00 MHDA- 2010/12/17 06:00 PMCR- 2011/11/11 CRDT- 2010/07/28 06:00 PHST- 2010/07/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/07/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/12/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/11/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0006-4971(20)31105-8 [pii] AID - 2010/285080 [pii] AID - 10.1182/blood-2010-05-285080 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood. 2010 Nov 11;116(19):3818-27. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-05-285080. Epub 2010 Jul 26.