期刊
CURRENT OPINION IN HIV AND AIDS
卷 11, 期 2, 页码 146-155出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000231
关键词
immune activation; immune ontogeny; paediatric HIV
资金
- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI046995] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust [104748, 067446] Funding Source: Medline
Purpose of reviewThe paediatric HIV epidemic is changing. Over the past decade, new infections have substantially reduced, whereas access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased. Overall this success means that numbers of children living with HIV are climbing. In addition, the problems observed in adult infection resulting from chronic inflammation triggered by persistent immune activation even following ART mediated suppression of viral replication are magnified in children infected from birth.Recent findingsFeatures of immune ontogeny favour low immune activation in early life, whereas specific aspects of paediatric HIV infection tend to increase it. A subset of ART-naive nonprogressing children exists in whom normal CD4(+) cell counts are maintained in the setting of persistent high viremia and yet in the context of low immune activation. This sooty mangabey-like phenotype contrasts with nonprogressing adult infection which is characterized by the expression of protective HLA class I molecules and low viral load. The particular factors contributing to raised or lowered immune activation in paediatric infection, which ultimately influence disease outcome, are discussed.SummaryNovel strategies to circumvent the unwanted long-term consequences of HIV infection may be possible in children in whom natural immune ontogeny in early life militates against immune activation. Defining the mechanisms underlying low immune activation in natural HIV infection would have applications beyond paediatric HIV.
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