Article ; Online: High frequency of type I interferon auto-antibodies in a group of middle-aged HIV-infected patients: A cross-sectional exploratory study.
Immunity, inflammation and disease
2023 Volume 11, Issue 11, Page(s) e1056
Abstract: Background: Auto-antibodies neutralizing the activity of type I interferons have been recently described in patients infected by SARS-CoV-2. They can be present even before the onset of the infection. Since type I interferons exert a dichotomous role in ...
Abstract | Background: Auto-antibodies neutralizing the activity of type I interferons have been recently described in patients infected by SARS-CoV-2. They can be present even before the onset of the infection. Since type I interferons exert a dichotomous role in the pathogenesis of acute versus chronic HIV infection and auto-antibodies are often found in untreated and anti-retroviral treated HIV Methods: The analysis of auto-antibodies against two types of type I interferons (IFN-α2 and IFN-ω) was performed using the ELISA test in 60 patients chronically infected by HIV who showed concomitant infections caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis or nontuberculosis mycobacterium or with active cytomegalovirus infections. Results were compared with those of 283 SARS-CoV-2 swab positive patients showing mild to severe pneumonia. A chi-square (χ Results: A high prevalence of auto-antibodies to type I interferons was found in middle-aged HIV-infected patients with concomitant OIs (11.6% vs. 5.3% in COVID-19 subjects; p < .05). No statistically differences were found for viro/immunological characteristics (CD4 and CD8 cell counts and viral load) between patients with and without type I interferons auto-antibodies. Conclusions: This study, which is the first searching auto-antibodies against type I interferons in HIV-infected patients, demonstrated that their prevalence was higher than that expected by the age of these patients. Furthermore, it indicated that these auto-antibodies are nonspecifically increased in critical SARS-CoV-2 infection but can be found also in other infections. |
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MeSH term(s) | Middle Aged ; Humans ; HIV Infections/complications ; Interferon Type I ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/complications ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Antibodies |
Chemical Substances | Interferon Type I ; Antibodies |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-11-29 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2740382-8 |
ISSN | 2050-4527 ; 2050-4527 |
ISSN (online) | 2050-4527 |
ISSN | 2050-4527 |
DOI | 10.1002/iid3.1056 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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