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Perturbation of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell repertoires during progression to AIDS and regulation of the CD4+ repertoire during antiviral therapy

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The T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) repertoire was studied longitudinally by analyzing the varying lengths of the beta chain CDR3 hypervariable region during the course of HIV-1 infection and following combination antiretroviral therapy. Drastic restrictions in CD8+ T-cell repertoire usage were found at all stages of natural progression and persisted during the first six months of treatment. In contrast, significant CD4+ T-cell repertoire perturbations were not found in early stages of infection but correlated with progression to AIDS. Out of ten patients presenting with pretreatment perturbations, normalization of the CD4+ repertoire was observed in eight good responders, but not in two cases of unsuccessful therapy. These results indicate that, besides CD4+ cell count rise, an efficient control of HIV replication may allow qualitative modifications of the CD4+ repertoire balance.

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  1. Guy Gorochov and Avidan U. Neumann: A.U.N. and G.G. contributed equally to this work. Information regarding mathematical analysis should be obtained from A.U.N.; neumann@macs.biu.ac.il

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  1. Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, CERVI, URA CNRS 625, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, 83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France

    Guy Gorochov, Avidan U. Neumann, Anne Kereveur, Christophe Parizot, Taisheng Li, Brigitte Autran & Patrice Debré

  2. Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel

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  4. Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de la Croix Saint-Simon, 75020, Paris, France

    Marina Karmochkine & Gilles Raguin

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Gorochov, G., Neumann, A., Kereveur, A. et al. Perturbation of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell repertoires during progression to AIDS and regulation of the CD4+ repertoire during antiviral therapy. Nat Med 4, 215–221 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0298-215

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