HIV-exposed seronegative commercial sex workers show a quiescent phenotype in the CD4+ T cell compartment and reduced expression of HIV-dependent host factors

Paul J. McLaren, T. Blake Ball, Charles Wachihi, Walter Jaoko, David J. Kelvin, Ali Danesh, Joshua Kimani, Francis A. Plummer, Keith R. Fowke

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Studies of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-exposed seronegative individuals are crucial to inform vaccine design. In the present study we demonstrated that HIV-exposed seronegative commercial sex workers produce lower levels of proinflammatory cytokines at baseline than HIV-negative control subjects. We also showed that CD4+ T cells of HIV-exposed seronegative commercial sex workers have a characteristically lower level of gene expression that can be seen in differentially expressed genes and systems crucial for HIV replication, such as the T cell receptor pathway and previously identified HIV dependency factors. This apparent lowered activation results in a phenomenon we term "immune quiescence," which may contribute to host resistance to HIV.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)S339-S344
PublicaciónJournal of Infectious Diseases
Volumen202
N.ºSUPP.3
DOI
EstadoPublished - nov. 1 2010
Publicado de forma externa

Nota bibliográfica

Funding Information:
Supplement sponsorship: This article is part of a supplement entitled “Natural Immunity to HIV-1 Infection,” sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the University of Manitoba.

Funding Information:
Financial support: Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) (grants HOP-75348 and MDP-86721; New Investigator Salary Award to K.R.F.); CIHR/ International Center for Infectious Diseases National Training Program in Infectious Diseases, hosted at the University of Manitoba (P.J.M.); Manitoba Research Chair (K.R.F.).

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Infectious Diseases

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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