Disturbed amino acid metabolism in HIV: association with neuropsychiatric symptoms

JM Gostner, K Becker, K Kurz, D Fuchs - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Blood levels of the amino acid phenylalanine, as well as of the tryptophan breakdown
product kynurenine, are found to be elevated in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV …

Depression and HIV: a scoping review in search of neuroimmune biomarkers

A Mudra Rakshasa-Loots - Brain Communications, 2023 - academic.oup.com
People with HIV are at increased risk for depression, though the neurobiological
mechanisms underlying this are unclear. In the last decade, there has been a substantial …

Blood-brain barrier disruption is initiated during primary HIV infection and not rapidly altered by antiretroviral therapy

E Rahimy, FY Li, L Hagberg, D Fuchs… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. We explored the establishment of abnormal blood-brain barrier (BBB)
permeability and its relationship to neuropathogenesis during primary human …

Depression and anxiety are common in acute HIV infection and associate with plasma immune activation

J Hellmuth, D Colby, V Valcour, D Suttichom… - AIDS and Behavior, 2017 - Springer
This observational study of 123 Thai participants sought to determine the rate and severity of
affective symptoms during acute HIV infection (AHI) and possible associations to disease …

Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment is a risk for symptomatic decline over a 3-year study period

SB Rourke, T Bekele, A Rachlis, C Kovacs, J Brunetta… - Aids, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To examine whether persons with asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment (ANI)
were more likely to show progression to mild neurocognitive disorder or HIV-associated …

A cross-sectional study to evaluate the effects of age and duration of HIV infection on anxiety and depression in cisgender men

S Gianella, R Saloner, G Curtin, SJ Little, A Heaton… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
This observational cross-sectional study of 152 people with HIV (PWH) examined the effects
of age and estimated duration of HIV infection (EDI) on depressive and anxiety symptoms …

The changes and the predictors of suicide ideation and suicide attempt among HIVpositive patients at 6–12 months post diagnosis: A longitudinal study

HF Lu, WH Sheng, SC Liao, NT Chang… - Journal of advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aims This study examined the changes and the predictors of suicide ideation/suicide attempt
and the moderating effects of psychosocial factors on the suicide ideation/suicide attempts …

Altered monoamine and acylcarnitine metabolites in HIV-positive and HIV-negative subjects with depression

E Cassol, V Misra, S Morgello, GD Kirk… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Depression is a frequent comorbidity in HIV infection that has been associated
with worse treatment outcomes and increased mortality. Recent studies suggest that …

Effects of integrase inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy on brain outcomes according to time since acquisition of HIV-1 infection

A Prats, I Martínez-Zalacaín, B Mothe, E Negredo… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTI) are a main component of the current antiretroviral
regimens recommended for treatment of HIV infection. However, little is known about the …

Associations between depressive symptomatology and neurocognitive impairment in HIV/AIDS

S Tymchuk, D Gomez, N Koenig… - The Canadian …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Mood disorders and neurocognitive impairments are debilitating conditions
among patients with HIV/AIDS. How these comorbidities interact and their relationships to …