PMID- 7906302 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19940324 LR - 20200220 IS - 0894-9255 (Print) IS - 0894-9255 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 3 DP - 1994 Mar TI - Downregulation of CD28 surface antigen on CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes during HIV-1 infection. PG - 245-53 AB - A progressive significant decrease of CD28 surface antigen expression on CD4+ (mean, 90, 86, 79, 68% in stages I, II, III, and IV, respectively, versus 96% in normals), as well as on CD8+ T lymphocytes (mean, 38, 32, 31, and 29% in stages I, II, III, and IV, respectively, versus 47% in normals) was observed during HIV-1 infection. The increase of cytotoxic/suppressor T cells, in both percentage and absolute numbers, that was observed in almost all HIV-1 patients, was associated with an increase of the CD8+ cells lacking the CD28 surface antigen. The loss of CD28 antigen expression was parallel to the increase of CD38, human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR, and CD45RO antigen expression on T lymphocytes throughout the disease. Furthermore, a positive significant correlation within the CD4+ but not the CD8+ subset was observed between the percentage of cells lacking the CD28 antigen and the percentage of cells expressing the HLA-DR and CD38 antigens, a finding suggesting that the loss of CD28 antigen expression on CD4+ lymphocytes may be associated with T-lymphocyte activation. Patients treated with zidovudine showed no significant differences in the percentages of either CD4+CD28+ or CD8+CD28+ T-cell subsets when compared to untreated patients. These phenotypic changes may be associated with the functional defects of T lymphocytes in HIV-1 infected individuals. FAU - Choremi-Papadopoulou, H AU - Choremi-Papadopoulou H AD - Dept of Immunology, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece. FAU - Viglis, V AU - Viglis V FAU - Gargalianos, P AU - Gargalianos P FAU - Kordossis, T AU - Kordossis T FAU - Iniotaki-Theodoraki, A AU - Iniotaki-Theodoraki A FAU - Kosmidis, J AU - Kosmidis J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (1988) JT - Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes JID - 8812597 RN - 0 (CD28 Antigens) RN - 4B9XT59T7S (Zidovudine) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - CD28 Antigens/*metabolism MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - *Down-Regulation MH - Female MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique MH - HIV Infections/drug therapy/*immunology MH - HIV-1/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - T-Lymphocyte Subsets/*immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology MH - Zidovudine/therapeutic use EDAT- 1994/03/01 00:00 MHDA- 1994/03/01 00:01 CRDT- 1994/03/01 00:00 PHST- 1994/03/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1994/03/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1994/03/01 00:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (1988). 1994 Mar;7(3):245-53.