ART Regimen and Other Sociodemographics Do Not Affect Cytokine Expression in HIV Patients in Ghana

• Published in: The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology Vol. 2019; no. 2019; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Afrifa, Justice, Hayfron Benjamin, Anna, Attoh, Daniel, Hodi Zie, Kevin, Ayamga, Elvis, Opoku, Yeboah Kwaku, Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas, Essien-Baidoo, Samuel, Obboh, Evans
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2019; Hindawi; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS; Antiretroviral drugs; Antiretroviral therapy; Biological response modifiers; CD4 antigen; Chi-square test; Correlation analysis; Cytokines; Data analysis; Development and progression; Disease; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Health aspects; Helper cells; HIV; HIV (Viruses); HIV infection; HIV patients; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immune system; Immunology; Infection; Infections; Infectious diseases; Interferon; Interleukin 10; Interleukin 12; Interleukin 17; Interleukins; Laboratories; Lymphocytes; Lymphocytes T; Medical laboratories; Patients; Regression analysis; Sociodemographics; Statistical analysis; Statistical significance; Statistical tests; Studies; Teaching hospitals; γ-Interferon; Ghana

Background. HIV infection is marked by the production of cytokines by infected cells and cells of the immune system. Variations in the levels of cytokine in HIV-infected individuals significantly impact the role of the immune system with the possibility to affect the course of HIV disease by either...