Plasma IP-10 is associated with rapid disease progression in early HIV-1 infection.
Cytokines play key roles in modulating disease progression in simian immunodeficiency virus/human immunodeficiency virus (SIV/HIV) infection. There are a few studies on the relationship between early cytokines and HIV disease prognosis. In this study, we first report the relationship based on two groups with clearly different disease progression. We found that IP-10 was the only cytokine among the 26 cytokines tested that was always positively correlated with disease progression, and was associated with the time for CD4 counts to fall below 200 cells/μL during Fiebig stages III-V in HIV-1 infection. This suggests that high IP-10 levels in the blood are associated with rapid disease progression during Fiebig stages III-V in HIV-1 infection.
Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing You-An Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Yanmei
Y
Jiao
Tong
T
Zhang
Rui
R
Wang
Hongwei
H
Zhang
Xiaojie
X
Huang
Jiming
J
Yin
Liguo
L
Zhang
Xiaoning
X
Xu
Hao
H
Wu
D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D054357:Chemokine CXCL10 / Q000097:blood*; D018450:Disease Progression; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors
C114753:CXCL10 protein, human; D054357:Chemokine CXCL10