CD38 Expression in a Subset of Memory T Cells Is Independent of Cell Cycling as a Correlate of HIV Disease Progression.

ABSTRACT: In order to determine if the expression of the activation marker CD38 can correlate with HIV disease progression independently of cycling, we performed a cluster-based multivariate correlation analysis of total circulating CD4(+) T cell counts and viral loads with frequencies of CD38 and Ki67 expression on CD4(+) lymphocytes from patients with untreated HIV infection, stratified in maturation subpopulations, and subpopulation subsets defined by the expression of CXCR5, CXCR3, and CCR4. The frequencies of the activated phenotypes %CD38(+) Ki67(-) and %CD38(+) Ki67(+) of the CXCR5(-) CXCR3(-) CCR4(+) ("pre-Th2") central memory (T(CM)) cell subset clustered together, comprising a significant negative correlate of total circulating CD4(+) T cell counts and a positive correlate of viral load in

SUBMITTER: Wursch D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4808674 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature