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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Is Associated With Poor Overall Survival Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Salahuddin S, Cohen O, Wu M, Irizarry J, Vega T, Gan G, Deng Y, Isaeva N, Prasad M, Schalper K, Mehra S, Yarbrough W, Emu B. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Is Associated With Poor Overall Survival Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 76: 1449-1458. PMID: 36520995, PMCID: PMC10319962, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survivalIndependent predictorsHNSCC patientsWorse prognosisOropharyngeal tumorsCox proportional hazards regression modelMultivariate analysisHPV-positive oropharyngeal tumorsNeck squamous cell cancerProportional hazards regression modelsLower median overall survivalAcademic hospital centerNon-HIV populationMedian overall survivalPredictors of survivalSquamous cell cancerHuman immunodeficiency virusPoor clinical outcomeExpression of CD4Poor overall survivalHazards regression modelsRace/ethnicityCD8 infiltrationHazard ratioClinicopathologic characteristics
2011
A Low T Regulatory Cell Response May Contribute to Both Viral Control and Generalized Immune Activation in HIV Controllers
Hunt PW, Landay AL, Sinclair E, Martinson JA, Hatano H, Emu B, Norris PJ, Busch MP, Martin JN, Brooks C, McCune JM, Deeks SG. A Low T Regulatory Cell Response May Contribute to Both Viral Control and Generalized Immune Activation in HIV Controllers. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e15924. PMID: 21305005, PMCID: PMC3031543, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell activation levelsT cell responsesHigh T-cell activation levelsHIV-specific T-cell responsesRegulatory cell responsesHIV controllersImmune activationCell responsesCMV-specific T cellsT regulatory (Treg) cell responsesTreatment-mediated viral suppressionEffective adaptive immune responseCMV-specific CD4Generalized immune activationHIV-specific CD4Lower Treg frequenciesNon-AIDS morbiditiesT cell frequenciesT cell lossT-cell depletionT cell dysfunctionAbsence of therapyActivation levelsAdaptive immune responsesDevelopment of vaccines
2007
Loss of T cell responses following long-term cryopreservation
Owen RE, Sinclair E, Emu B, Heitman JW, Hirschkorn DF, Epling CL, Tan QX, Custer B, Harris JM, Jacobson MA, McCune JM, Martin JN, Hecht FM, Deeks SG, Norris PJ. Loss of T cell responses following long-term cryopreservation. Journal Of Immunological Methods 2007, 326: 93-115. PMID: 17707394, PMCID: PMC2065759, DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2007.07.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell IFN-gamma responsesT cell responsesHuman immunodeficiency virusIFN-gamma responsesPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsCell responsesLong-term cryopreservationPeptide poolsHIV-negative individualsBlood mononuclear cellsLoss of responseT cell apoptosisPhenotypic marker expressionDecrement of responseOvernight restingEffector cellsImmunodeficiency virusExogenous antigensMononuclear cellsShort-term cryopreservationHIV peptidesFuture vaccinesImpact of cryopreservationPathogenesis studiesMarker expression
2005
Phenotypic, Functional, and Kinetic Parameters Associated with Apparent T-Cell Control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Replication in Individuals with and without Antiretroviral Treatment
Emu B, Sinclair E, Favre D, Moretto WJ, Hsue P, Hoh R, Martin JN, Nixon DF, McCune JM, Deeks SG. Phenotypic, Functional, and Kinetic Parameters Associated with Apparent T-Cell Control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Replication in Individuals with and without Antiretroviral Treatment. Journal Of Virology 2005, 79: 14169-14178. PMID: 16254352, PMCID: PMC1280210, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.22.14169-14178.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-specific T cellsT cellsT cell activationHIV diseaseImmune activationHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replicationAdvanced HIV diseaseDrug-resistant viremiaGeneralized immune activationHIV-specific ILMultidrug-resistant HIVQuiescent immune systemActive antiretroviral therapyCytokine flow cytometryT cell controlHigh-level viremiaLow-level viremiaPresence of HIVT cell subsetsHuman immunodeficiency virusImmunodeficiency virus replicationT cell subpopulationsAbsence of therapyPresence of therapyAntiretroviral therapy