2019
Very Early Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy During Acute HIV Infection Is Associated With Normalized Levels of Immune Activation Markers in Cerebrospinal Fluid but Not in Plasma
Hellmuth J, Slike BM, Sacdalan C, Best J, Kroon E, Phanuphak N, Fletcher JLK, Prueksakaew P, Jagodzinski LL, Valcour V, Robb M, Ananworanich J, Allen IE, Krebs SJ, Spudich S. Very Early Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy During Acute HIV Infection Is Associated With Normalized Levels of Immune Activation Markers in Cerebrospinal Fluid but Not in Plasma. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2019, 220: 1885-1891. PMID: 30668739, PMCID: PMC6833977, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute HIV infectionAntiretroviral therapyART initiationCerebrospinal fluidWeek 96Week 24HIV infectionImmune activationAHI groupHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionEarly ART initiationPlasma CCL2 levelsTrajectory of HIVChronic immune activationImmune activation markersSuppressive antiretroviral therapyImmunodeficiency virus infectionInterleukin-6 levelsMarkers of inflammationPlasma neopterin levelsWeeks of treatmentCentral nervous systemART regimenCCL2 levelsNeopterin levels
2018
Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibodies in the Cerebrospinal Fluid: Evidence of Early Treatment Impact on Central Nervous System Reservoir?
Burbelo PD, Price RW, Hagberg L, Hatano H, Spudich S, Deeks SG, Gisslén M. Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibodies in the Cerebrospinal Fluid: Evidence of Early Treatment Impact on Central Nervous System Reservoir? The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2018, 217: 1024-1032. PMID: 29401308, PMCID: PMC5939835, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous systemHuman immunodeficiency virusAntiretroviral therapyLong-term treatmentCerebrospinal fluidHIV antibodiesCSF antibodiesEarly infectionBlood antibodyChronic infectionVirus antibodiesCentral nervous system reservoirAnti-human immunodeficiency virus antibodiesHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodyEarly ART initiationMarkers of persistenceEffective antiretroviral therapySuppressive antiretroviral therapyPre-exposure prophylaxisART initiationHIV persistenceCNS infectionHIV reservoirImmunodeficiency virusBerlin patient
2014
Cerebral metabolite changes prior to and after antiretroviral therapy in primary HIV infection
Young AC, Yiannoutsos CT, Hegde M, Lee E, Peterson J, Walter R, Price RW, Meyerhoff DJ, Spudich S. Cerebral metabolite changes prior to and after antiretroviral therapy in primary HIV infection. Neurology 2014, 83: 1592-1600. PMID: 25261502, PMCID: PMC4223087, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000000932.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary HIV infectionParietal gray matterInitiation of ARTMI/CrFrontal white matterAntiretroviral therapyGlu/CrCho/CrHIV infectionBasal gangliaWhite matterGray matterN-acetylaspartateT proton magnetic resonance spectroscopyCerebral metabolite changesEarly ART initiationTreatment-naive participantsEarly antiretroviral therapyLevels of glutamateNAA/CrProton magnetic resonance spectroscopyCholine-containing metabolitesMagnetic resonance spectroscopyART initiationHigh-field magnetic resonance spectroscopy