Increased Macrophage-Specific Arterial Infiltration Relates to Noncalcified Plaque and Systemic Immune Activation in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Toribio M, Wilks M, Hedgire S, Lu M, Cetlin M, Wang M, Alhallak I, Durbin C, White K, Wallis Z, Schnittman S, Stanley T, El-Fakhri G, Lee H, Autissier P, Zanni M, Williams K, Grinspoon S. Increased Macrophage-Specific Arterial Infiltration Relates to Noncalcified Plaque and Systemic Immune Activation in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2022, 226: 1823-1833. PMID: 35856671, PMCID: PMC10205602, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseAortic plaque volumeSystemic immune activationArterial infiltrationImmune activationImmunodeficiency virusPlaque volumeHistory of clinical ASCVDCD4+/CD8+ T-cell ratioHuman immunodeficiency virus statusCD8+ T cellsMarkers of immune activationClinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseasePersistent immune activationT cell ratioAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease riskT cellsImmune phenotypeNoncalcified plaqueSystemic markersASCVD riskPWHCardiovascular diseaseUptake volume