2017
Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Is Initiated During Primary HIV Infection and Not Rapidly Altered by Antiretroviral Therapy
Rahimy E, Li FY, Hagberg L, Fuchs D, Robertson K, Meyerhoff DJ, Zetterberg H, Price RW, Gisslén M, Spudich S. Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Is Initiated During Primary HIV Infection and Not Rapidly Altered by Antiretroviral Therapy. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2017, 215: 1132-1140. PMID: 28368497, PMCID: PMC5426376, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary HIV infectionCombination antiretroviral therapyHIV infectionNeurofilament light chainAntiretroviral therapyCreatinine levelsCerebrospinal fluidN-acetylaspartateAbnormal blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeabilityPrimary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionBlood-brain barrier disruptionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionBlood-brain barrier permeabilityNeuropsychological performanceImmunodeficiency virus infectionParietal gray matterYears of treatmentLongitudinal observational studyCART durationCART initiationMedian intervalNeuronal injuryAlbumin quotientNfL levelsCSF levels
2015
Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Signs of Neuronal Injury Before and After Immediate Antiretroviral Therapy in Acute HIV Infection
Peluso MJ, Valcour V, Ananworanich J, Sithinamsuwan P, Chalermchai T, Fletcher JL, Lerdlum S, Chomchey N, Slike B, Sailasuta N, Gisslén M, Zetterberg H, Spudich S, Teams O. Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Signs of Neuronal Injury Before and After Immediate Antiretroviral Therapy in Acute HIV Infection. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2015, 212: 1759-1767. PMID: 25995196, PMCID: PMC4633761, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv296.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination antiretroviral therapyAcute HIV infectionCSF NfL levelsNeurofilament light chainChronic HIV infectionHIV infectionNfL levelsParietal gray matterFrontal white matterNeuronal injuryAcute infectionGray matterCART initiationAntiretroviral therapyAcute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionCerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chainProton magnetic resonance spectroscopic findingsWhite matterHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionN-acetylaspartate/creatineMagnetic resonance spectroscopic findingsImmediate antiretroviral therapyImmunodeficiency virus infectionFrontal gray matterAxonal injury