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: Received: 5 June 2023 / Approved: 5 June 2023 / Online: 5 June 2023 (09:10:18 CEST)
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Da Silva, B.C.M.; Da Silva, L.T.; Hildebrando, G.F.; Rigato, P.O.; Brigido, L.F.D.M.; Magri, M.M.C.; Monteiro, M.A.; Assone, T.; Duarte, A.J.D.S.; Casseb, J. People Living with HIV (PLWH) Controllers Induce High Production of IFN-γ to Gag Epitope. Preprints2023, 2023060286. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0286.v1
Da Silva, B.C.M.; Da Silva, L.T.; Hildebrando, G.F.; Rigato, P.O.; Brigido, L.F.D.M.; Magri, M.M.C.; Monteiro, M.A.; Assone, T.; Duarte, A.J.D.S.; Casseb, J. People Living with HIV (PLWH) Controllers Induce High Production of IFN-γ to Gag Epitope. Preprints 2023, 2023060286. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0286.v1
Da Silva, B.C.M.; Da Silva, L.T.; Hildebrando, G.F.; Rigato, P.O.; Brigido, L.F.D.M.; Magri, M.M.C.; Monteiro, M.A.; Assone, T.; Duarte, A.J.D.S.; Casseb, J. People Living with HIV (PLWH) Controllers Induce High Production of IFN-γ to Gag Epitope. Preprints2023, 2023060286. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0286.v1
APA Style
Da Silva, B.C.M., Da Silva, L.T., Hildebrando, G.F., Rigato, P.O., Brigido, L.F.D.M., Magri, M.M.C., Monteiro, M.A., Assone, T., Duarte, A.J.D.S., & Casseb, J. (2023). People Living with HIV (PLWH) Controllers Induce High Production of IFN-γ to Gag Epitope. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0286.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Da Silva, B.C.M., Alberto José da Silva Duarte and Jorge Casseb. 2023 "People Living with HIV (PLWH) Controllers Induce High Production of IFN-γ to Gag Epitope" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0286.v1
Abstract
We report the characterization of phenotype, genotype, and functional parameters such as CD4+ T cell, viral load, HIV-1 genotype, class I HLA genotype, CCR5 polymorphism, and IFN-γ producing cells from a cohort of 37 people living with HIV-1 (PLWH) (viremic controllers, were compared those on antiretroviral therapy (ART) from two sites in São Paulo, Brazil. Half the PLWH (51.4%) were classified as viremic controllers (Controller group - CG), compared to 48.6% were on ART. As expected, controllers showed baseline higher levels of CD4+ T cells and nadir compared to those under ART, confirming the ability of HIV-1 controllers to preserve these cells even in the absence of ART. IFN-γ-producing cells showed greater magnitude to the HIV peptides Gag in controllers (p<0.03). Our results demonstrated that HLA protective alleles are associated with strong production of IFN-γ to Gag, Nef and RT epitopes in people living with HIV controllers.
Keywords
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV); Long-Term Non-Progressor (LTNP), Elite Controllers (EC); Viremic Controllers (VC); IFN-γ T cell responses; Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA)
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases
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