2009
Raltegravir Cerebrospinal Fluid Concentrations in HIV-1 Infection
Yilmaz A, Gisslén M, Spudich S, Lee E, Jayewardene A, Aweeka F, Price RW. Raltegravir Cerebrospinal Fluid Concentrations in HIV-1 Infection. PLOS ONE 2009, 4: e6877. PMID: 19721718, PMCID: PMC2731205, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006877.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 infectionRaltegravir concentrationsCerebrospinal fluidTreatment-experienced HIV-1-infected patientsSystemic HIV-1 infectionHIV-1-infected patientsHIV-1-infected individualsIntegrase inhibitorsCentral nervous system penetrationAntiretroviral treatment regimensDrug entryPlasma albumin ratioCerebrospinal fluid concentrationsBlood-CSF barrierCSF albumin concentrationPlasma raltegravir concentrationsTreatment regimensAlbumin ratioDrug classesCSF specimensHIV-1CSF samplesAlbumin concentrationFluid concentrationsLiquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
2008
Failure of atorvastatin to modulate CSF HIV-1 infection
Probasco JC, Spudich SS, Critchfield J, Lee E, Lollo N, Deeks SG, Price RW. Failure of atorvastatin to modulate CSF HIV-1 infection. Neurology 2008, 71: 521-524. PMID: 18695163, PMCID: PMC2676982, DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000325006.84658.e7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 infectionHIV-1 RNA levelsT-cell countsCell countIntrathecal immunoactivationNeopterin concentrationsBlood lipidsBlood HIV-1 RNA levelCSF HIV-1 RNA levelsCSF white blood cell countCNS HIV-1 infectionSystemic HIV-1 infectionSingle-arm pilot studyWhite blood cell countPilot studyAntiretroviral-naïve subjectsCells/mulRNA levelsUntreated systemic infectionT-lymphocyte countsSmall uncontrolled studiesEffect of atorvastatinHMG-CoA reductase inhibitorsWeeks of treatmentHIV-1 RNAAntiretroviral Treatment Effect on Immune Activation Reduces Cerebrospinal Fluid HIV-1 Infection
Sinclair E, Ronquillo R, Lollo N, Deeks SG, Hunt P, Yiannoutsos CT, Spudich S, Price RW. Antiretroviral Treatment Effect on Immune Activation Reduces Cerebrospinal Fluid HIV-1 Infection. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2008, 47: 544-552. PMID: 18362693, PMCID: PMC3480328, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e318162754f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma HIV-1 RNACD8 T cell activationHIV-1 RNACSF HIV-1 RNA levelsHIV-1 RNA levelsT cell activationWhite blood cellsHIV-1 concentrationsAntiretroviral therapyHIV-1 infectionCerebrospinal fluidCD8 activationCSF neopterinViremic groupImmune activationCopies/HIV-1CD38/HLA-DR expressionCSF HIV-1 RNA concentrationsHIV-1-infected subjectsSystemic HIV-1 infectionHIV-1 RNA concentrationsHuman leukocyte antigen-DRCSF white blood cellsCoexpression of CD38