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