2024
Neurosymptomatic HIV-1 CSF escape is associated with replication in CNS T cells and inflammation
Kincer L, Dravid A, Trunfio M, Calcagno A, Zhou S, Vercesi R, Spudich S, Gisslen M, Price R, Cinque P, Joseph S. Neurosymptomatic HIV-1 CSF escape is associated with replication in CNS T cells and inflammation. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2024, 134: e176358. PMID: 39352388, PMCID: PMC11444166, DOI: 10.1172/jci176358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 RNACD4+ T cellsHIV-1 populationsAntiretroviral therapyHIV-1T cellsCerebrospinal fluidCSF escapeCNS inflammationDetectable HIV-1 RNAImprovement of neurological symptomsAssociated with viral suppressionUntreated chronic infectionDrug-resistant virusesProgressive neurological deficitsCNS T cellsART regimenViral suppressionChronic infectionNeurological deficitsNeurological symptomsInflammatory biomarkersClinical consequencesVirus expressionPrimary infection
2022
HIV Disease Dynamics and Markers of Inflammation and CNS Injury During Primary HIV Infection and Their Relationship to Cognitive Performance
Longino AA, Paul R, Wang Y, Lama JR, Brandes P, Ruiz E, Correa C, Keating S, Spudich SS, Pilcher C, Vecchio A, Pasalar S, Ignacio R, Valdez R, Dasgupta S, Robertson K, Duerr A. HIV Disease Dynamics and Markers of Inflammation and CNS Injury During Primary HIV Infection and Their Relationship to Cognitive Performance. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2022, 89: 183-190. PMID: 34629415, PMCID: PMC8752485, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002832.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute HIV infectionAntiretroviral therapyHIV infectionWeek 192CNS injuryCSF biomarkersNP scoresHigher pre-ART VLCognitive performanceChronic cognitive symptomsSustained antiretroviral therapyPrimary HIV infectionMarkers of inflammationCerebrospinal fluid biomarkersPsychosocial risk factorsART initiationCNS inflammationNeuronal injuryAcute infectionImmune activationFluid biomarkersRisk factorsHIV disease dynamicsInjury peaksCognitive symptoms
2017
High Number of Activated CD8+ T Cells Targeting HIV Antigens Are Present in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Acute HIV Infection
Kessing CF, Spudich S, Valcour V, Cartwright P, Chalermchai T, Fletcher JL, Takata H, Nichols C, Josey B, Slike B, Krebs S, Sailsuta N, Lerdlum S, Jagodzinski L, Tipsuk S, Suttichom D, Rattanamanee S, Zetterberg H, Hellmuth J, Phanuphak N, Robb M, Michael N, Ananworanich J, Trautmann L. High Number of Activated CD8+ T Cells Targeting HIV Antigens Are Present in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Acute HIV Infection. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2017, 75: 108-117. PMID: 28177966, PMCID: PMC5388590, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute HIV infectionCD8 T cellsChronic HIV infectionHIV infectionT cellsCerebrospinal fluidCD8 T cell effector functionsHIV-specific CD8 T cellsCentral nervous system infiltrationT cell effector functionT cell receptor repertoireCSF HIV RNACombination antiretroviral therapyTCR Vbeta repertoireCell effector functionsCell receptor repertoireHIV specificitiesAntiretroviral therapyCNS inflammationHIV RNAVbeta repertoireMicroglial activationActivated CD8HIV antigenHIV epitopes
2014
Progressive increase in central nervous system immune activation in untreated primary HIV-1 infection
Suh J, Sinclair E, Peterson J, Lee E, Kyriakides TC, Li FY, Hagberg L, Fuchs D, Price RW, Gisslen M, Spudich S. Progressive increase in central nervous system immune activation in untreated primary HIV-1 infection. Journal Of Neuroinflammation 2014, 11: 199. PMID: 25465205, PMCID: PMC4263211, DOI: 10.1186/s12974-014-0199-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary HIV-1 infectionHIV-1 infectionCSF neopterinCerebrospinal fluidT cellsHIV infectionCentral nervous system immune activationUntreated primary HIV-1 infectionBaseline levelsEarly HIV-1 infectionCSF neopterin concentrationsNervous system inflammationMixed effects modelsCluster of differentiationMajority of subjectsCNS inflammationSystem inflammationAverage followNeopterin concentrationsHIV transmissionImmune activationLumbar punctureResultsA totalIntrathecal inflammationNatural course
2012
Central Nervous System Viral Invasion and Inflammation During Acute HIV Infection
Valcour V, Chalermchai T, Sailasuta N, Marovich M, Lerdlum S, Suttichom D, Suwanwela NC, Jagodzinski L, Michael N, Spudich S, van Griensven F, de Souza M, Kim J, Ananworanich J. Central Nervous System Viral Invasion and Inflammation During Acute HIV Infection. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2012, 206: 275-282. PMID: 22551810, PMCID: PMC3490695, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV RNA levelsAcute HIV infectionCSF HIV RNA levelsCopies/mLHIV infectionCerebrospinal fluidHIV RNARNA levelsPlasma HIV RNA levelsCentral nervous system eventsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionCSF HIV RNAFiebig stages IIntrathecal immune activationAcute retroviral syndromeImmunodeficiency virus infectionNervous system eventsMagnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance spectroscopy characterizationCSF neopterinBrain inflammationCNS inflammationCSF levelsHIV transmissionImmune activation