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Provedor de dados: 	80	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Assessment of cytokine values in serum by RT-PCR in HIV-1 infected individuals with and without highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART)	
Autores: 	Meira,DA; Almeida,RAMB; Barbosa,AN; de Souza,LR; Olivo,TET; Henriques,RMS; Golim,MA; Araújo Jr,JP; Nagoshi,LR; Orikaza,CM; Calvi,SA.	
Data: 	2008-01-01	
Ano: 	2008	
Palavras-chave: 	RT-PCR; ELISA; Cytokines; HIV; AIDS; HAART; Apoptosis.	
Resumo: 	A cross-sectional study was performed on HIV-1 infected individuals with or without antiretroviral treatment (ARV) in the AIDS Day Hospital, Botucatu Medical School, UNESP. Between August 2004 and October 2005, 73 HIV-1 infected individuals were divided into three groups: infected individuals with or without AIDS who had never received ARV (G1 = 15); patients on HAART that had had plasma HIV-1 RNA viral load (VL) equal to or greater than 50 copies/mL (G2 = 27); and patients on HAART with undetectable VL for at least the past six months (G3 = 31). There was also an additional group that comprised blood donors without any sign of the disease and with negative HIV serum tests (G4 = 20), which was the control group. Serum cytokine levels (values in pg/mL) were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and specific mRNA expression by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Both techniques were performed on the four groups for TNF-α, IL-2, INF-γ, IL-4 and IL-10. All patients were submitted to VL determination and CD4+ and CD8+T lymphocyte counts. The analysis of the results revealed a significant comparison among groups for both methods and an association between the latter (&gt; 80% r² &gt; 0.80). There was only one exception, in control individuals for IL-2 by ELISA. The cytokine profiles, in both methods, for the three patient groups, were mature Th-0. The behaviors of IL-2 and INF-γ required emphasis due to consequent expression of dominant Th profile. Both methods showed low IL-2 and high mean values of INF-γ in the three groups. Several authors have recently drawn attention to the substantial apoptosis of infected and non-infected CD4+T cells, mainly during primary infection, persisting only in those with INF-γ phenotype producer and not IL-2. HIV infected individuals submitted to HAART are expected to produce IL-2 in an attempt to present Th-1 profile, but in most cases this did not occur.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992008000400011	
Editor: 	Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1678-91992008000400011	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases  v.14 n.4 2008	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess