Low T-cell responsiveness to activation via CD3/TCR is a prognostic marker for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1)-infected men - PubMed (original) (raw)

Low T-cell responsiveness to activation via CD3/TCR is a prognostic marker for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1)-infected men

P T Schellekens et al. J Clin Immunol. 1990 Mar.

Abstract

In a cohort of 300 HIV-1-infected homosexual men, studied longitudinally, the prognostic value of T-cell proliferative responses for development of AIDS was analyzed. In 15 persons we observed that, at seroconversion, T-cell reactivity to anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (Mab) and phytohemagglutinin (PHA) was decreased to 20 and 60% of the normal values, respectively. After seroconversion, within 3 months, the response to anti-CD3 Mab and PHA returned to 60 and 80%, respectively, of the normal magnitude and declined thereafter. To investigate whether low T-cell reactivity correlated with progression to AIDS, groups of progressors and nonprogressors were compared. In individuals who progressed to AIDS, already 12 months before diagnosis, responses to anti-CD3 Mab were virtually absent, whereas at that time CD4+ cell numbers and reactivity to horse anti-human lymphocyte serum and PHA were still comparable to values observed for nonprogressors and the asymptomatic population as a whole. In a disease-free survival analysis, low anti-CD3 Mab reactivity predicted progression to AIDS. Our findings demonstrate that low T-cell responsiveness to anti-CD3 Mab is an early marker of progression toward AIDS in HIV-1 infected individuals.

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