Cell Death in HIV Pathogenesis and Its Modulation by Retinoids

: Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus exhibit a progressive decline in the CD4 T‐cell number, resulting in immunodeficiency and increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections and malignancies. Although CD4 T cell production is impaired in patients infected with HIV, there i...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2001-11, Vol.946 (1), p.95-107
Main Authors: SZONDY, ZSUZSA, TÓTH, RÉKA, SZEGEZDI, ÉVA, REICHERT, UWE, ANCIAN, PHILIPPE, FÉSÜS, LÁSZLÓ
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apoptosis
CD4+ T cells
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes - physiology
CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes - physiology
CD95 ligand
HIV
HIV - genetics
HIV Infections - etiology
Humans
Lymphocyte Activation
nur77
retinoic acid
Retinoids - immunology
Retinoids - physiology
Viral Proteins
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Summary:: Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus exhibit a progressive decline in the CD4 T‐cell number, resulting in immunodeficiency and increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections and malignancies. Although CD4 T cell production is impaired in patients infected with HIV, there is now increasing evidence that the primary basis of T cell depletion is accelerated apoptosis of CD4 and CD8 T cells. The rate of lymphocyte apoptosis in HIV infection correlates inversely with the progression of the disease: it is low in long‐term progressors and in patients undergoing highly active antiretroviral therapy. Interestingly, only a minor fraction of apoptotic lymphocytes are infected by HIV, indicating that the enhanced apoptosis does not necessarily always serve to remove the HIV+ cells and results from mechanisms other than direct infection. Thus, understanding and influencing the mechanisms of HIV‐associated lymphocyte apoptosis may lead to new therapies for HIV disease. In this paper the potential effects of retinoids on CD4 T cell apoptosis is discussed.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03905.x