Objective: To determine associations between circulating markers of immune activation,
immune cell senescence, and inflammation with HIV-associated abnormalities of pulmonary …

Like HIV infection, smoking, which is common among HIV‐infected persons, is associated
with chronic, systemic inflammation. However, the possible augmentative effects of HIV …

Background Cell-mediated immunity plays a crucial role in resistance to intracellular
infection. We previously reported antibodies against interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) in HIV …

HIV vaccine design and evaluation require a better understanding of protective immune
responses. HIV-specific CD8+ T-cell responses have been characterized extensively using …

1. Wood BR, Komarow L, Zolopa AR, Finkelman MA, Powderly WG, Sax PE. Test
performance of blood beta-glucan for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with …

A relationship between polymorphisms in genes encoding interleukin 7 (IL-7) and its cellular
receptor (IL-7R) and antiretroviral therapy (ART)-associated immune recovery in HIV …

Background Tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-
IRIS) is a clinical aggravation of TB symptoms observed among a fraction of HIV coinfected …

Objective: To evaluate HIV-2-specific proliferative, interferon (IFN) γ-and interleukin (IL)-2-
producing T-cell responses in HIV-2 infection and their relationship with plasma HIV-2 RNA …

HIV and pneumonia infections have both been shown to negatively impact lung function.
However, evidence of the role of inflammation on lung dysfunction in HIV and pneumonia co …

Summary Background The AGE h IV cohort study is a prospective cohort study evaluating
the occurrence of age-related comorbidities in people living with and without HIV. We …