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
2010
Cerebrospinal fluid in HIV-1 systemic viral controllers: absence of HIV-1 RNA and intrathecal inflammation
Probasco JC, Deeks SG, Lee E, Hoh R, Hunt PW, Liegler T, Price RW, Spudich SS. Cerebrospinal fluid in HIV-1 systemic viral controllers: absence of HIV-1 RNA and intrathecal inflammation. AIDS 2010, 24: 1001-1005. PMID: 20299968, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328331e15b.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV RNA levelsViral controllersIntrathecal inflammationCSF white blood cell countUndetectable plasma HIV RNA levelsCerebrospinal fluid HIV RNACSF HIV RNA levelsPlasma HIV RNA levelsTreatment-mediated viral suppressionWhite blood cell countCSF HIV infectionIP-10 concentrationsRNA levelsChronic systemic inflammationSubset of HIVHIV-1 RNAPlasma albumin ratioAbsence of therapyBlood cell countCentral nervous systemCross-sectional analysisCSF neopterinViremic HIVHIV RNAViral suppression