[Serum levels of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors as markers for disease progression of human immunodeficiency virus infection].
We studied whether the serum levels of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor(sTNFR) type I or II correlate with clinical progression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1(HIV-1) infection. Serum levels of sTNFR type I and II were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in sixty five patients with HIV-1 infected hemophiliacs and 10 healthy controls. In a longitudinal study, we assessed whether the decline of CD4+ lymphocyte counts were associated with increased serum concentrations of sTNFRs. Elevated serum concentrations of sTNFRs were found among the HIV-1 infected patients and higher in patients with advanced clinical stage. We noticed there were two distinct patient groups in change of CD4+ lymphocyte count when twenty-eight patients were followed retrospectively for a median period of 65 months. 14 patients represented stable CD4+ lymphocyte counts, but another 14 patients had more than 40% decrease of CD4+ lymphocyte counts over the course of this study. Serum sTNFR type II levels were 3.49 +/- 0.71 to 3.11 +/- 0.31 ng/ml in the former group, and 4.88 +/- 0.91 to 4.26 +/- 0.71 ng/ml in the latter group during the study. Significantly higher levels of sTNFR type II were already revealed at early time in the latter group. There was, however, no significant difference in the level of sTNFR type I between the two. These results suggest that serum levels of sTNFR type II provided useful information as a predictor of disease progression related to the decline of CD4+ lymphocyte counts.
Hattori
M
M
Department of Clinical Pathology, Tokyo Medical College.
Tateyama
M
M
Oishi
T
T
Miyasaka
S
S
Fukutake
K
K
D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes; D018450:Disease Progression; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D008875:Middle Aged; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000097:blood*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012995:Solubility
D015415:Biomarkers; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor