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