title: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients receiving prolonged highly active antiretroviral therapy.
abstract: The levels of early spliced mRNA and genomic RNA of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of 14 patients who were receiving highly active combination antiretroviral therapy for > or =116 weeks were determined. The level of viral genomic RNA was below the level of detection in the plasma of these patients (<50 copies/mL), but cell-associated viral tat, rev, and nef mRNA were detected in 86% (12 of 14) of the patients. Cell-associated viral genomic RNA was detected in 57% (8 of 14) of the patients. Early viral spliced mRNA was detected in the PBMC of all patients who had positive results of testing for HIV-1 genomic RNA, and the level of viral genomic RNA in these patients was 34-2214 copies per 10(6) cells.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. lzhang@caregroup.harvard.edu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Crumpacker
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015754:Genes, nef; D015757:Genes, rev; D015756:Genes, tat; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000821:virology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral