Innate Immunity Acts as the Major Regulator in Talaromyces marneffei Coinfected AIDS Patients: Cytokine Profile Surveillance During Initial 6-Month Antifungal Therapy
Innate Immunity Acts as the Major Regulator in Talaromyces marneffei Coinfected AIDS Patients: Cytokine Profile Surveillance During Initial 6-Month Antifungal Therapy
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先天免疫是马尔尼菲踝节菌合并感染艾滋病患者的主要调节者:最初 6 个月抗真菌治疗期间的细胞因子谱监测。
DOI:
10.1093/ofid/ofz205
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发表时间:
2019-06-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Li, Yu-Ye
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作者:
Dong, Rong-Jing;Zhang, Yun-Gui;Li, Yu-Ye
Background. Talaromycosis caused by Talaromyces marneffei infection is a fatal systemic mycosis in immunosuppressed individuals, such as patients with AIDS. Cytokines and immunocytes play a central role against fungus infection. However, how the host immune system responds to infection and treatment has not been reported to date.Methods. Forty-one Talaromyces marneffei coinfected AIDS patients were followed up, their immunocytes and cytokine profiles were obtained at different antifungal treatment stages, and data on clinical features and laboratory examinations were collected. Correlation analysis was used to identify factors associated with host immunity against Talaromyces marneffei infection in AIDS patients.Results. Common diseases and conditions of these 41 patients were lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, and splenomegaly. CD4+ T cells were extremely low in all of them. Moreover, significant increases of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-12, IL-17A, TNF-alpha, IFN., IL-18, and IL-1 beta), anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-10), and chemokines (IP-10) were observed in talaromycosis before treatment (P