2020
Resting-state neural signatures of depressive symptoms in acute HIV
Philippi CL, Reyna L, Nedderman L, Chan P, Samboju V, Chang K, Phanuphak N, Ratnaratorn N, Hellmuth J, Benjapornpong K, Dumrongpisutikul N, Pothisri M, Robb ML, Ananworanich J, Spudich S, Valcour V, Paul R. Resting-state neural signatures of depressive symptoms in acute HIV. Journal Of NeuroVirology 2020, 26: 226-240. PMID: 31989446, PMCID: PMC7261250, DOI: 10.1007/s13365-020-00826-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResting-state functional connectivityAcute HIV infectionAnterior cingulate cortexDecreased resting-state functional connectivityDepressive symptomsAltered resting-state functional connectivityCombination antiretroviral therapyPersistent depressive symptomsUninfected control groupAmygdala seed regionPosterior cingulate/precuneusSymptoms of depressionVoxelwise regression analysesEmotion-related brain regionsAcute HIVChronic HIVThai HIVAntiretroviral therapyHIV RNASeed regionHIV infectionBlood biomarkersAHI groupLateral parietal regionsUninfected controls
2019
Very Early Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy During Acute HIV Infection Is Associated With Normalized Levels of Immune Activation Markers in Cerebrospinal Fluid but Not in Plasma
Hellmuth J, Slike BM, Sacdalan C, Best J, Kroon E, Phanuphak N, Fletcher JLK, Prueksakaew P, Jagodzinski LL, Valcour V, Robb M, Ananworanich J, Allen IE, Krebs SJ, Spudich S. Very Early Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy During Acute HIV Infection Is Associated With Normalized Levels of Immune Activation Markers in Cerebrospinal Fluid but Not in Plasma. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2019, 220: 1885-1891. PMID: 30668739, PMCID: PMC6833977, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute HIV infectionAntiretroviral therapyART initiationCerebrospinal fluidWeek 96Week 24HIV infectionImmune activationAHI groupHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionEarly ART initiationPlasma CCL2 levelsTrajectory of HIVChronic immune activationImmune activation markersSuppressive antiretroviral therapyImmunodeficiency virus infectionInterleukin-6 levelsMarkers of inflammationPlasma neopterin levelsWeeks of treatmentCentral nervous systemART regimenCCL2 levelsNeopterin levels
2018
Structural and functional brain imaging in acute HIV
Samboju V, Philippi CL, Chan P, Cobigo Y, Fletcher JLK, Robb M, Hellmuth J, Benjapornpong K, Dumrongpisutikul N, Pothisri M, Paul R, Ananworanich J, Spudich S, Valcour V, 010/RV254 S, teams R. Structural and functional brain imaging in acute HIV. NeuroImage Clinical 2018, 20: 327-335. PMID: 30101063, PMCID: PMC6082997, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.07.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResting-state functional connectivityAcute HIV infectionAntiretroviral treatmentDiffusion tensor imagingAHI groupNPZ-4HIV RNARadial diffusivityFractional anisotropyCerebrospinal fluidHigher CD4 cell countsParahippocampal cortexHigher resting-state functional connectivityCombination antiretroviral treatmentHIV disease variablesLeft parahippocampal cortexMean CD4 countPlasma HIV RNACD4 cell countCopies/mLNeuropsychological testing performanceMicrostructural white matterFunctional brain integrityMiddle frontal gyrusSuperior longitudinal fasciculus
2017
Immediate initiation of cART is associated with lower levels of cerebrospinal fluid YKL-40, a marker of microglial activation, in HIV-1 infection
Peluso MJ, Valcour V, Phanuphak N, Ananworanich J, Fletcher JL, Chalermchai T, Krebs SJ, Robb ML, Hellmuth J, Gisslén M, Zetterberg H, Spudich S. Immediate initiation of cART is associated with lower levels of cerebrospinal fluid YKL-40, a marker of microglial activation, in HIV-1 infection. AIDS 2017, 31: 247-252. PMID: 27819802, PMCID: PMC5844231, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000001314.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic HIV-1 infectionCombination antiretroviral therapyCerebrospinal fluid (CSF) YKL-40Group of HIVHIV-1 infectionYKL-40Treatment initiationUntreated chronic HIV-1 infectionMedian YKL-40Early HIV infectionCSF YKL-40Chemokine ligand 10Neurofilament light chainCross-sectional studyMann-Whitney testAntiretroviral therapyHIV neuropathogenesisMicroglial activationHIV infectionPrognostic valueChi groupMicroglial cellsAHI groupImmediate initiationBlood sampling