T-cell Activation and E-selectin Are Associated With Coronary Plaque in HIV-infected Young Adults
Aviva S Mattingly, Aylin B Unsal, Julia B Purdy, Ahmed M Gharib, Adam Rupert, Joseph A Kovacs, Dorothea McAreavey, Rohan Hazra, Khaled Z Abd-Elmoniem, Colleen Hadigan, Aviva S Mattingly, Aylin B Unsal, Julia B Purdy, Ahmed M Gharib, Adam Rupert, Joseph A Kovacs, Dorothea McAreavey, Rohan Hazra, Khaled Z Abd-Elmoniem, Colleen Hadigan
Abstract
We evaluated immune activation and coronary artery plaque in young adults with human immunodeficiency virus acquired in early life (n = 31). Coronary plaque was positively associated with lipids, immune activation marker %CD8+CD38+DR+ and E-selectin, a marker of endothelial inflammation. Immune activation and endothelial inflammation may drive coronary plaque formation during the early stages of atherosclerosis in the context of chronic human immunodeficiency virus.
Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00924365 NCT01656564.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors have no financial conflicts of interest to report in relationship to this research or manuscript.
Source: PubMed