Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Is Initiated During Primary HIV Infection and Not Rapidly Altered by Antiretroviral Therapy
Rahimy E, Li FY, Hagberg L, Fuchs D, Robertson K, Meyerhoff DJ, Zetterberg H, Price RW, Gisslén M, Spudich S. Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Is Initiated During Primary HIV Infection and Not Rapidly Altered by Antiretroviral Therapy. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2017, 215: 1132-1140. PMID: 28368497, PMCID: PMC5426376, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary HIV infectionCombination antiretroviral therapyHIV infectionNeurofilament light chainAntiretroviral therapyCreatinine levelsCerebrospinal fluidN-acetylaspartateAbnormal blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeabilityPrimary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionBlood-brain barrier disruptionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionBlood-brain barrier permeabilityNeuropsychological performanceImmunodeficiency virus infectionParietal gray matterYears of treatmentLongitudinal observational studyCART durationCART initiationMedian intervalNeuronal injuryAlbumin quotientNfL levelsCSF levels