2011
Central Nervous System Immune Activation Characterizes Primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Infection Even in Participants With Minimal Cerebrospinal Fluid Viral Burden
Spudich S, Gisslen M, Hagberg L, Lee E, Liegler T, Brew B, Fuchs D, Tambussi G, Cinque P, Hecht FM, Price RW. Central Nervous System Immune Activation Characterizes Primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Infection Even in Participants With Minimal Cerebrospinal Fluid Viral Burden. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2011, 204: 753-760. PMID: 21844301, PMCID: PMC3156103, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite blood cell countCSF HIV RNAPrimary HIV infectionHIV RNACerebrospinal fluidPHI participantsImmune activationAlbumin ratioPrimary human immunodeficiency virus-1 infectionCentral nervous system immune activationCSF white blood cell countHuman immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHigher albumin ratioHIV-seronegative controlsImmunodeficiency virus infectionHIV-seronegative participantsCells/μLLow cerebrospinal fluidBlood cell countVirus-1 infectionCross-sectional studyMagnitude of infectionCXCL10 concentrationsPHI patients
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