大连市HIV感染者/艾滋病患者在抗病毒治疗过程中病毒载量及细胞免疫指标变化的相关性分析

目的研究大连市HIV感染者/艾滋病患者抗病毒治疗过程中,HIV病毒载量和细胞免疫指标的变化情况。方法选取2013年开始抗病毒治疗,治疗时间满一年的HIV/AIDS 60例,分别在进行抗病毒治疗过程中的0、6、12月用全自动病毒载量分析仪(COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan)检测HIV病毒载量,同时用流式细胞计数仪(FACSCalibur)检测CD4~+和CD8+T淋巴细胞数。结果60例HIV/AIDS中治疗前仅有9例患者有检测数据,都是高病毒载量(VL1 000),在治疗6个月后,病毒载量抑制比例为73.33%(44/60)、治疗12个月后,载量抑制比为81.67%(49/60)。两组治疗后比治疗前病毒载量抑制比显著升高(Z=12.85,P0.001;Z=16.35,P0.001)。随着治疗时间的推移,CD4~+T淋巴细胞数和CD4~+/CD8~+比值都有所上升,差异有显著性(F=72.73,P0.001;F=53.83,P0.001)。病毒载量越低,T淋巴细胞数及CD4~+/CD8~+比值越高,呈负相关,有显著性差异(F=21.66,P0.001;F=8.53,P0.001)。结论抗病毒治疗有助于提高CD4~+T淋巴细胞数,改善HIV/AIDS免疫状态。细胞免疫指标与病毒载量的相关性呈负相关。     

TGF-β/Smad信号通路在艾滋病患者CD8+T细胞功能损害中的作用

探讨TGF-β/Smad信号通路在艾滋病患者CD8+T细胞功能损害中的作用。在HIV感染者(CD4+T细胞计数≥200个/μL)和艾滋病病人(CD4+T细胞计数200个/μL)中各抽取30例,另以30例健康成人为对照。取研究对象的外周静脉血,流式细胞术检测CD8+T细胞CD28分子和磷酸化Smad2/3蛋白(p-Smad2/3),酶联免疫吸附测定法(ELISA)检测血浆中TGF-β1、IFN-γ和TNF-α。健康人、HIV感染者和AIDS病人CD8+CD28+双阳性细胞占CD8+T细胞的比例分别为47.75%、47.40%和36.20%(中位数),AIDS病人低于正常人和HIV感染者(P0.05);p-Smad2/3阳性CD8+T细胞占CD8+T细胞的比例分别为79.15%、55.60%和60.60%(中位数),HIV感染者和AIDS病人低于健康人(P0.05);血浆TNF-α分别为(147.92±1.47)pg/mL、(60.04±1.78)pg/mL和(54.43±2.03)pg/mL,HIV感染者和AIDS病人低于健康人(P0.05);血浆TGF-β1和IFN-γ的组间差异无统计学意义。TGF-β/Smad信号通路可能参与了艾滋病患者CD8+T细胞的异常激活与功能损害。     

探讨肺曲霉病患者甘露聚糖结合凝集素(MBL)及T细胞亚群的变化

目的探讨肺曲霉病急性期患者甘露聚糖结合凝集素(MBL)及T细胞亚群的变化。方法收集2013年5月~2015年5月就诊于山东省胸科医院呼吸科的肺曲霉病患者51例,同时选52例健康查体者作为对照组,采用Elisa方法检测血清MBL和半乳甘露聚糖(GM)的水平。同时分离外周血单个核细胞,通过流式细胞仪检测测定CD3~+CD4~+T淋巴细胞百分比、CD3~+CD8~+T淋巴细胞百分比及CD3~+CD4~+/CD3~+CD8~+T淋巴细胞比值。结果肺曲霉病组、健康对照组血清MBL水平为197.96±148.16和120.25±98.65μg/mL,P0.05,差异有统计学意义;血清GM水平分别为0.94±0.77μg/L和0.32±0.16μg/L,P0.05,差异有统计学意义。肺曲霉病组、健康对照组CD3~+CD4~+T淋巴细胞百分比分别为33.07±7.97、40.32±7.30(P0.05),CD3~+CD8~+淋巴细胞百分比为33.00±8.29、25.98±6.65(P0.05),CD3~+CD4~+/CD3~+CD8~+T淋巴细胞比值为1.08±0.47、1.68±0.65(P0.05)。结论肺曲霉病组患者的MBL及CD3~+CD4~+T淋巴细胞、CD3~+CD8~+T淋巴细胞、CD3~+CD4~+/CD3~+CD8~+T淋巴细胞比值会出现显著的变化,可以初步评估患者机体免疫状态,也为肺曲霉病的免疫增强治疗提供了理论依据。     

艾滋病患者CD4+T细胞基线值与长期高效抗逆转录病毒治疗免疫重建效果的相关性研究

目的:探讨艾滋病患者CD4~+T细胞基线值与长期高效抗逆转录病毒治疗免疫重建效果的相关性。方法:挑选进行长期高效抗逆转录病毒治疗的艾滋病患者120例,并按CD4~+T淋巴细胞计数基线值分为A组(≤100·μL~(-1))共66例和B组(100·μL~(-1))共54例,对两组患者的CD4~+T以及CD8~+T淋巴细胞计数变化进行定期观察以及统计分析。结果:经抗病毒治疗后,B组患者各个阶段的CD4~+T淋巴细胞计数回升水平明显优于A组,差异具有统计学意义(均P0.001);9个月内,B组CD4~+T淋巴细胞计数回升明显优于A组,差异具有统计学意义(P=0.003,P0.001,P=0.002);12个月后,两组患者CD4~+T淋巴细胞计数增幅并无明显差异,无统计学意义(P=0.061,P=0.219,P=0.738);经抗病毒治疗后,两组组患者各个阶段的CD8~+T淋巴细胞计数回升水平均无明显差异,无统计学意义(P=0.447,P=0.681,P=0.639,P=0.464,P=0.886,P=0.712)。结论:艾滋病患者免疫重建受CD4~+T淋巴细胞基线高低的直接影响,而CD8~+T淋巴细胞计数的回升相对较为缓慢。     

1225例HIV/AIDS患者流行病学特征分析

目的:了解来陕西地区就诊的人类免疫缺陷病毒/艾滋病(Human immunodeficiency virus/Acquired immuno deficiency syndrome,HIV/AIDS)患者感染状况、流行特征。方法:收集来我院就诊的HIV/AIDS患者的基本信息,对其流行病学资料统计分析。结果:在调查的1225例HIV/AIDS患者中,男性占83.51%,平均年龄为(35.55±11.61)岁,50.98%为农民,小学及以下学历占33.55%,经血液途径感染250例,经性传播途径感染916例,其中同性性传播337例,经母婴垂直传播16例,就诊时CD4+T淋巴细胞计数平均值为(222.82±190.49)个/μL,56%的HIV/AIDS患者采用的抗病毒方案为齐多夫定(Zidovudine,AZT)/替诺福韦(Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate,TDF)+拉米夫定(Lamivudine,3TC)+依非韦伦(Efavirenz,EFV)方案。结论:陕西地区HIV/AIDS感染人数呈上升趋势,且年轻化加剧,同性性传播比例大幅增加。虽然治疗较为及时,应进一步在高危人群中积极宣传防艾知识与措施。     

CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ 调节性T 细胞与黑龙江省HIV/AIDS 患者病情 相关性的研究

目的:比较黑龙江省HIV/AIDS患者与健康对照者(healthy controls,HCs)外周血CD4+CD25+FoxP3+调节性T细胞数量、免疫抑制功能的变化,探讨CD4+CD25+FoxP3+调节性T细胞在HIV/AIDS感染过程中的作用。方法:采用流式细胞仪检测21例HIV/AIDS患者及20例健康对照组的外周血CD4+CD25+FoxP3+调节性T细胞数量的百分比及绝对数量;采用共同培养方法检测HIV/AIDS患者外周血CD4+CD25+FoxP3+调节性T细胞免疫抑制功能的变化;实时荧光定量聚合酶链反应(RT-FQ-PCR)检测HIV/AIDS患者外周血CD4+CD25+FoxP3+调节性T细胞中FoxP3mRNA的表达。结果:黑龙江省HIV/AIDS患者外周血CD4+CD25+FoxP3+调节性T细胞比率明显高于HCs(P<0.01),而CD4+CD25+FoxP3+调节性T细胞的绝对计数显著下降,且与CD4+T细胞绝对计数成反比;混合淋巴细胞共同培养结果显示,HIV/AIDS患者外周血CD4+CD25+FoxP3+调节性T细胞的抑制功能无明显变化;HIV/AIDS患者外周血CD4+CD25+FoxP3+调节性T细胞的FoxP3 mRNA相对表达量无显著变化。结论:黑龙江省HIV/AIDS患者CD4+CD25+FoxP3+调节性T细胞的数量变化与病情相关。     

HIV/HCV共感染者抗逆转录病毒治疗后免疫恢复情况

由于具有相同的传播途径,人类免疫缺陷病毒(Human immunodeficiency virus,HIV)和丙型肝炎病毒(Hepatitis C virus,HCV)共感染非常普遍,但是关于合并感染的程度,两种病毒之间的相互关系,在艾滋病抗逆转录病毒治疗(Antiretroviral therapy,ART)前后,HCV合并感染对HIV患者免疫细胞恢复的影响仍不明确。为了通过分析CD4⁺和CD8⁺T淋巴细胞数的变化,以了解辽宁省HIV/HCV共感染者ART后免疫恢复的情况,本研究从辽宁省艾滋病抗病毒治疗数据库中筛选符合要求的HIV感染者和HIV/HCV共感染者,收集感染者基本人口学资料及HCV抗体检测结果、HIV/HCV共感染途径等资料。采用t检验或卡方检验进行组间比较,采用Kaplan-Meier乘积极限法绘制生存分析函数图。结果显示,本研究共纳入HIV感染者12742人,HIV/HCV共感染者340人。HIV感染者和HIV/HCV共感染者的不同人口学特征均差异显著(P<0.001)。HIV感染和HIV/HCV共感染者ART治疗后CD4⁺细胞数和CD4⁺/CD8⁺比值显著升高(P<0.05),CD8⁺细胞数比ART前显著下降(P<0.05)。HIV/HCV共感染者随着ART时长,CD4⁺T淋巴细胞数恢复情况始终显著低于HIV感染者(P<0.05)。生存分析曲线表明,HCV/HIV共感染者从艾滋病诊断开始随着ART的治疗CD4⁺细胞恢复情况显著低于HIV感染者,Log-Rank检验统计量为4.483(P=0.034)。本研究揭示,HCV感染对ART患者CD4⁺和CD8⁺T淋巴细胞的恢复有影响。ART后HIV/HCV共感染者中CD4⁺T淋巴细胞计数的改善低于HIV单一感染者,并且单一感染患者对ART的反应比合并感染患者更好。因此,建议在启动ART之前,对每个感染HIV的患者进行HCV抗体筛查。     

人类免疫缺陷病毒阴性隐球菌性脑膜炎患者外周血淋巴细胞亚群分析

目的分析人类免疫缺陷病毒(Human immunodeficiency virus,HIV)阴性隐球菌性脑膜炎(Cryptococcal meningitis,CM)患者外周血淋巴细胞亚群改变特点,深化对隐球菌病发病机制的认识。方法筛选HIV阴性CM患者31例和健康献血员21例进行淋巴细胞亚群分析,CM患者根据是否存在免疫抑制基础疾病分为两个亚组,比较3组研究对象淋巴细胞亚群中B、NK、CD_4~+T、CD_8~+T细胞亚群,CD_4~+T及CD_8~+T细胞的第二信号受体CD28表达比例及CD_8~+T细胞激活标记物HLA-DR、CD38的表达水平。结果有基础病CM组B、NK、CD_4~+T和CD_8~+T 4种亚群中位数依次为56×10~6/L、86×10~6/L、218×10~6/L、164×10~6/L,显著低于健康对照组的223×10~6/L、280×10~6/L、695×10~6/L、521×10~6/L(P值均0.001),同时存在CD_8~+T细胞激活亚群比例较健康对照显著升高。无基础病CM患者上述4种细胞亚群中位数依次为128×10~6/L、128×10~6/L、567×10~6/L、527×10~6/L,除CD_8~+T细胞计数水平与健康对照相似以外,B(P=0.02)、NK(P=0.002)和CD_4~+T细胞(P=0.03)计数均低于健康对照,其CD_8~+T细胞激活亚群比例与健康对照组相似。CD_4~+T和CD_8~+T细胞的CD28表达水平在3组间未见显著差异。结论 HIV阴性CM患者,无论是否存在免疫抑制基础疾病,外周血B、NK及CD_4~+T 3种细胞计数可出现同时减少。     

HIV/AIDS患者抗病毒治疗前HIV-1耐药情况调查及外周血CD8+T细胞CD38表达水平研究

摘要 目的：分析人免疫缺陷病毒/艾滋病（HIV/AIDS）患者抗病毒治疗前HIV-1耐药以及影响因素,探讨HIV/AIDS患者外周血CD₈⁺T细胞CD₃₈表达（CD₈⁺CD₃₈⁺T淋巴细胞百分比）与CD₄⁺T淋巴细胞计数的相关性。方法：选择2016年3月至2019年12月我院接诊的442例HIV/AIDS患者（HIV/AIDS组）和163例同期于我院进行体检的健康志愿者（对照组）,HIV/AIDS组扩增pol基因,进行HIV-1基因耐药分析,检测CD₈⁺CD₃₈⁺T淋巴细胞百分比、CD₄⁺T淋巴细胞计数、CD₈⁺T淋巴细胞计数。分析HIV/AIDS患者HIV-1耐药的影响因素,分析CD₈⁺CD₃₈⁺T淋巴细胞百分比与CD₄⁺T淋巴细胞计数、CD₈⁺T淋巴细胞计数相关性。结果：HIV/AIDS组442例HIV/AIDS患者中376例获得HIV-1 pol基因序列,HIV-1耐药35例,耐药率9.31%（35/376）。单因素分析结果显示耐药组和非耐药组在年龄、文化程度、感染途径、HIV病毒载量方面差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。多因素Logistic回归分析结果显示同性性传播、注射吸毒、高HIV病毒载量是HIV/AIDS患者抗病毒治疗前HIV-1耐药的危险因素（P＜0.05）。HIV/AIDS组外周血CD₄⁺T淋巴细胞计数、CD₈⁺T淋巴细胞计数低于对照组（P＜0.05）,CD₈⁺CD₃₈⁺T淋巴细胞百分比高于对照组（P＜0.05）。CD₈⁺CD₃₈⁺T淋巴细胞百分比与CD₄⁺T淋巴细胞计数、CD₈⁺T淋巴细胞计数呈负相关（P＜0.05）。结论：抗病毒治疗前HIV/AIDS患者存在一定HIV-1耐药率,传播途径、HIV-1病毒载量与HIV-1耐药有关。CD₈⁺T细胞表面CD₃₈过表达与HIV/AIDS 患者CD₄⁺T T细胞的过度消耗有关。     

Estimated Costs for Delivery of HIV Antiretroviral Therapy to Individuals with CD4+ T-Cell Counts >350 cells/uL in Rural Uganda

Background

Evidence favoring earlier HIV ART initiation at high CD4+ T-cell counts (CD4>350/uL) has grown, and guidelines now recommend earlier HIV treatment. However, the cost of providing ART to individuals with CD4>350 in Sub-Saharan Africa has not been well estimated. This remains a major barrier to optimal global cost projections for accelerating the scale-up of ART. Our objective was to compute costs of ART delivery to high CD4+count individuals in a typical rural Ugandan health center-based HIV clinic, and use these data to construct scenarios of efficient ART scale-up.

Methods

Within a clinical study evaluating streamlined ART delivery to 197 individuals with CD4+ cell counts >350 cells/uL (EARLI Study: {"type":"clinical-trial","attrs":{"text":"NCT01479634","term_id":"NCT01479634"}}NCT01479634) in Mbarara, Uganda, we performed a micro-costing analysis of administrative records, ART prices, and time-and-motion analysis of staff work patterns. We computed observed per-person-per-year (ppy) costs, and constructed models estimating costs under several increasingly efficient ART scale-up scenarios using local salaries, lowest drug prices, optimized patient loads, and inclusion of viral load (VL) testing.

Findings

Among 197 individuals enrolled in the EARLI Study, median pre-ART CD4+ cell count was 569/uL (IQR 451–716). Observed ART delivery cost was $628 ppy at steady state. Models using local salaries and only core laboratory tests estimated costs of $529/$445 ppy (+/-VL testing, respectively). Models with lower salaries, lowest ART prices, and optimized healthcare worker schedules reduced costs by $100–200 ppy. Costs in a maximally efficient scale-up model were $320/$236 ppy (+/- VL testing). This included $39 for personnel, $106 for ART, $130/$46 for laboratory tests, and $46 for administrative/other costs. A key limitation of this study is its derivation and extrapolation of costs from one large rural treatment program of high CD4+ count individuals.

Conclusions

In a Ugandan HIV clinic, ART delivery costs—including VL testing—for individuals with CD4>350 were similar to estimates from high-efficiency programs. In higher efficiency scale-up models, costs were substantially lower. These favorable costs may be achieved because high CD4+ count patients are often asymptomatic, facilitating more efficient streamlined ART delivery. Our work provides a framework for calculating costs of efficient ART scale-up models using accessible data from specific programs and regions.     

A randomized, controlled dose response study of intravenous sodium diethyldithiocarbamate in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection

Sodium diethyldithiocarbamate (Imuthiol, DTC) has previously been observed to promote T-cell maturation in animal models and to reduce lymphadenopathy and improve survival in a murine AIDS model. In addition, several clinical studies have suggested that one dosage regimen may be active in patients with HIV infection. We conducted a randomized, controlled dose response study of intravenous DTC in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related complex (ARC). Drug associated toxicities included gastrointestinal upset, burning at the infusion site, metallic taste, sneezing, confusional states, hyperactivity, delusional thinking, and myoclonus. Toxicity was ameliorated by dose reduction. The maximally tolerated dose varied for individual patients from 200 mg/m2 weekly to 800 mg/m2 twice weekly. No myelosuppression was observed. In patients with greater than 200 CD4+ cells/uL, a statistically significant reduction of lymphadenopathy occurred; whereas no beneficial effects were observed in patients with less than 200 CD4+ cells/uL. Improvement in symptom score and stabilization of CD4+ count also occurred in the treated group, although these trends did not reach statistical significance. Further controlled clinical trials of DTC in earlier HIV infection are warranted.     

CMV+ Serostatus Associates Negatively with CD4:CD8 Ratio Normalization in Controlled HIV-Infected Patients on cART

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is common among HIV-infected patients but its repercussion on the course of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells after cART initiation remains elusive. The French Dat''AIDS cohort enrolled 5,688 patients on first-line cART, from which we selected patients who achieved HIV suppression for at least 12 months without modification of cART, and for whom CMV serostatus was available. Five hundred and three patients fulfilled the selection criteria (74% male, median age 43 yrs, 15.5% CDC stage C), of whom 444 (88.3%) were seropositive for CMV (CMV+). Multivariate analyses using mixed-linear models adjusted for the time from HIV suppression, sex, age, transmission risk group, duration of HIV follow-up, the interaction between time from HIV suppression and CMV+ serology, and the nadir CD4 count revealed a negative correlation between CMV+ and CD4:CD8 ratio (coeff. = -0.16; p = 0.001). This correlation was also observed among patients displaying optimal CD4 recovery (≥500 cells/mm3 at M12; coeff. = -0.24; p = 0.002). Hence, CMV+ serostatus antagonizes normalization of the CD4:CD8 ratio, although further analyses of the impact of co-morbidities that associate with CMV serostatus, like HCV infection, are needed to elucidate this antagonism formally. However, this might reflect a premature T cell senescence, thus advocating for a close monitoring of T cells in CMV co-infected patients. In addition, our results raise the question of the benefit of treatment for asymptomatic CMV co-infection in HIV-infected patients.     

The Impact of B-Cell Perturbations on Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Response in HIV-Infected Adults

Untreated HIV infection results in severe perturbations of the B-cell population and hyporesponsiveness to vaccination. We studied associations between circulating B-cell subsets and antibody response to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in treated and untreated HIV patients.Ninety-five HIV-infected adults were grouped according to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and CD4+ cell count as follows: 20 ART-naïve (no prior ART), 62 ART-responders (received ART, and CD4 count >500 cells/µl), and 13 impaired responders (received ART for more than 3 years, and CD4 count <500 cells/µl). All subjects were immunized twice with double-dose 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine with or without 1 mg CPG 7909 (toll-like receptor 9 agonist) at baseline and after three months. Pre-vaccination B-cell subpopulations were assessed by flow cytometry. Serum IgG concentrations for vaccine serotypes were quantified by ELISA at baseline and 3, 4, and 9 months post-vaccination. ART responders had more isotype-switched memory B cells and more marginal-zone (MZ)-like B cells compared with impaired responders. Furthermore, ART-naïve patients had higher concentration of transitional B cells and plasmablasts compared with B cells of other patient groups. The concentration of MZ-like, isotype switched memory cells and plasmablasts correlated positively with post-vaccination IgG concentration at 3, 4, and 9 months. Low concentrations of isotype-switched memory B cells was the strongest independent predictor of poor pneumococcal conjugate vaccine responsiveness, emphasizing that B-cell subset disturbances are associated with poor vaccine response among HIV-infected patients