Clinical characteristics and the cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) cytokine changes in acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients with tuberculous meningitis and cryptococcal …

The roles of cytokines and chemokines in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis (HCM)
and HIV-associated tuberculous meningitis (HTBM) are debatable. In sum, 34 HIV-infected …

The relationship between tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and the interleukin-2 (ILL-2)
system in HIV-1 infection is important in understanding the dynamics of early immune …

Cytokines play an important role not only for initiation of immune reactivity but also for
development of tissue injury. Of 38 patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus …

Central nervous system (CNS) involvement is common during human immunodeficiency
virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection. The neurologic disease of the CNS most frequently observed …

Abstract Background Cryptococcal Meningitis (CM) is a common opportunistic infection in
the late stage of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Despite the wide use of …

Several immunological abnormalities were detected in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of
human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1)‐infected children. Intrathecal synthesis of …

Objectives and design: Because macrophages are the predominant immune cell and the
predominant infected cell in the brains of patients with HIV encephalitis, we studied …

Background: Central nervous system (CNS) infections are among one of the most common
complications in HIV-infected patients. The present study aimed to determine the etiologies …

Among the various mechanisms proposed to explain the pathogenesis of cerebral lesions in
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-induced encephalitis, a cytokine-mediated action has …