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ABSTRACT: Background
A higher proportion of circulating memory CD4+ T cells is associated with prevalent diabetes mellitus in the general population. Given the broad changes in adaptive immunity, including memory T-cell expansion, and rising prevalence of diabetes in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) population, we assessed whether similar relationships were present in persons with HIV (PWH).Methods
Multiple CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets were measured by flow cytometry, and prevalent diabetes cases were adjudicated by 2 physicians for PWH and HIV-negative participants in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Multivariable logistic regression models evaluated the association of T-cell subsets and diabetes stratified by HIV status, adjusted for cytomegalovirus serostatus and traditional risk factors.Results
Among 2385 participants (65% PWH, 95% male, 68% African American), higher CD45RO+ memory CD4+ T cells and lower CD38+ CD4+ T cells were associated with prevalent diabetes, and had a similar effect size, in both the PWH and HIV-negative (P ≤ .05 for all). Lower CD38+CD8+ T cells were also associated with diabetes in both groups.Conclusions
The CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets associated with diabetes are similar in PWH and HIV-negative individuals, suggesting that diabetes in PWH may be related to chronic immune activation.
SUBMITTER: Bailin SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7323499 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bailin Samuel S SS McGinnis Kathleen A KA McDonnell Wyatt J WJ So-Armah Kaku K Wellons Melissa M Tracy Russell P RP Doyle Margaret F MF Mallal Simon S Justice Amy C AC Freiberg Matthew S MS Landay Alan L AL Wanjalla Celestine C Koethe John R JR
The Journal of infectious diseases 20200601 2
<h4>Background</h4>A higher proportion of circulating memory CD4+ T cells is associated with prevalent diabetes mellitus in the general population. Given the broad changes in adaptive immunity, including memory T-cell expansion, and rising prevalence of diabetes in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) population, we assessed whether similar relationships were present in persons with HIV (PWH).<h4>Methods</h4>Multiple CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets were measured by flow cytometry, and prevalent d ...[more]