PMID: 7526793Jul 1, 1994Paper

Interferons in the pathogenesis and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection

Antiviral Research
G PoliA S Fauci

Abstract

There still remains several unanswered questions concerning the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Interferons (IFNs), as well as other cytokines, are both dysregulated in HIV infection and serve as effector molecules that modulate the replicative capacity of HIV. Acid-labile IFN-alpha, an aberrant form of interferon earlier described in certain autoimmune diseases, has been detected in HIV-infected individuals. Conversely, a deficient expression of IFN-alpha may occur usually associated with HIV disease. Although conflicting findings have been reported on whether IFN-gamma, a product of activated T and natural killer (NK) cells, is elevated in the peripheral blood (PB) compartment, high levels of its expression have been observed in the germinal centers of the lymph nodes during HIV disease. IFN-alpha and IFN-beta have shown potent anti-retroviral effects in several in vitro systems of both acute and chronic HIV infection. These findings have served as the basis of the rationale for their therapeutic application, resulting in some positive effects at least in those patients with relatively high CD4+ T cell counts and healthy immune functions. Furthermore, IFN-alpha has shown important therapeutic eff...Continue Reading

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