Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
No Effect of Pegylated Interferon-α on Total HIV-1 DNA Load in HIV-1/HCV Coinfected Patients
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 217, No. 12, Year 2018
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
Pegylated interferon-alpha (pIFN-α) is suggested to lower human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) DNA load in antiretroviral therapy (ART)-treated patients. We studied kinetics of HIV-1 DNA levels in 40 HIV-1/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfected patients, treated with pIFN-α for HCV and categorized into 3 groups according to start of ART: chronic HIV-1 infection (n = 22), acute HIV-1 infection (n = 8), no-ART (n = 10). Total HIV-1 DNA levels in 247 peripheral blood mononuclear cell samples were stable before, during, and after pIFN-α treatment in all groups. Our results question the benefit of pIFN-α as an immunotherapeutic agent for reducing the HIV-1 reservoir. © 2018 The Author(s).
Authors & Co-Authors
Braun, Dominique Laurent
Switzerland, Zurich
Universitatsspital Zurich
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Scherrer, Alexandra U.
Switzerland, Zurich
Universitatsspital Zurich
Kok, Yiklim
Switzerland, Zurich
Universitatsspital Zurich
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Kouyos, Roger D.
Switzerland, Zurich
Universitatsspital Zurich
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Stöckle, Marcel
Switzerland, Basel
Universitat Basel
Rauch, Andri
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Darling, Katharine Elizabeth Anna
Switzerland, Lausanne
Université de Lausanne Unil
Hoffmann, Matthias
Switzerland, St Gallen
Kantonsspital St.gallen
Metzner, Karin Jutta
Switzerland, Zurich
Universitatsspital Zurich
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Günthard, Hüldrych Fritz
Switzerland, Zurich
Universitatsspital Zurich
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Anagnostopoulos, Alexia
Unknown Affiliation
Battegay, Manuel
Unknown Affiliation
Bernasconi, Enos
Unknown Affiliation
Böni, Jürg
Unknown Affiliation
Braun, Dominique L.
Unknown Affiliation
Bucher, Heíner C.C.
Unknown Affiliation
Calmy, Alexandra
Unknown Affiliation
Cavassini, Matthias
Unknown Affiliation
Ciuffi, Angela
Unknown Affiliation
Dollenmaier, Guenter
Unknown Affiliation
Egger, Matthias
Unknown Affiliation
Elzi, Luigia
Unknown Affiliation
Fehr, Jan Sven
Unknown Affiliation
Fellay, Jacques
Unknown Affiliation
Furrer, Hansjakob
Unknown Affiliation
Fux, Christoph Andreas
Unknown Affiliation
Günthard, Huldrych F.
Unknown Affiliation
Haerry, David Hans Ulrich
Unknown Affiliation
Hasse, Barbara Katharina
Unknown Affiliation
Hirsch, Hans H.
Unknown Affiliation
Hösli, Irene Mathilde
Unknown Affiliation
Huber, Michael J.
Unknown Affiliation
Kahlert, Christian R.
Unknown Affiliation
Kaiser, Laurent K.
Unknown Affiliation
Keiser, Olivia
Unknown Affiliation
Klimkait, Thomas
Unknown Affiliation
Kouyos, Roger D.
Unknown Affiliation
Kovari, Helen
Unknown Affiliation
Ledergerber, Bruno
Unknown Affiliation
Martinetti, Gladys
Unknown Affiliation
Marzolini, Catia
Unknown Affiliation
Müller, Nicolas J.
Unknown Affiliation
Nicca, Dunja
Unknown Affiliation
Paioni, Paolo
Unknown Affiliation
Pantaleo, Giuseppe P.
Unknown Affiliation
Perreau, Matthieu
Unknown Affiliation
Rauch, Andri
Unknown Affiliation
Rudin, Christoph
Unknown Affiliation
Schmid, Patrick
Unknown Affiliation
Speck, Roberto F.
Unknown Affiliation
Tarr, Philip E.
Unknown Affiliation
Trkola, Alexandra
Unknown Affiliation
Vernazza, Pietro Luigi
Unknown Affiliation
Wandeler, Gilles
Unknown Affiliation
Weber, Rainer
Unknown Affiliation
Yerly, Sabine T.B.D.
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 56
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/infdis/jiy131
ISSN:
00221899
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases