Identification of differential pharyngeal cytokine profiles during HIV infection

Authors :: Lakshman P. Samaranayake
Craig S. Miller
P. Peggy Li
Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera
Pcs Tsang
Meemong Lee
Source :: BMC Proceedings
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcproc, 2011.
Abstract: Poster Presentation: no. P90<br />BACKGROUND: Significantly higher pharyngeal shedding of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is observed during HIV infection. Increased EBV shedding in pharynx is not affected even during highly active antiretroviral theyrapy (HAART). EBV positive monocyte populations have been shown to carry EBV to pharyngeal mucosa. Human cytokine profiles are often altered to facilitate herpes virus infection. Thus pharyngeal cytokine profiles may influence EBV reactivation and shedding during HIV infection. Our objective was to compare 37 pharyngeal cytokine profiles of HIV-seropositive patients who were or were not receiving HAART therapy …<br />published_or_final_version

Subjects :: business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
General Medicine
medicine.disease_cause
Bioinformatics
Medical sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Cytokine
Immunology
Poster Presentation
medicine
Identification (biology)
ComputingMethodologies_GENERAL
business
Differential (mathematics)

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