AIDS and associated malignancies

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摘要 AIDSassociatedmalignancies(ARL)isamajorcomplicationassociatedwithAIDSpatientsuponimmunosuppression.Chronicallyimmunocompromisedpatientshaveamarkedlyincreasedriskofdevelopinglymphoproliferativedisease.Intheeraofpotentantiretroviralstherapy(ARV),themalignantcomplicationsduetoHIV-1infectionhavedecreasedindevelopednationswhereARVisadministered,butstillposesamajorproblemindevelopingcountrieswhereHIV-1incidenceishighandARVisstillnotyetwidelyavailable.EveninARVtreatedindividualsthereisaconcernthattheprolongedsurvivalofmanyHIV-1carriersislikelytoeventuallyresultinanincreasednumberofmalignanciesdiagnosed.MalignanciesthatwerefoundtohavehighincidenceinHIV-infectedindividualsareKaposi'ssarcoma(KS),Hodgkin'sdisease(HD)andnon-Hodgkin'slymphoma(NHL).TheincidenceofNHLhasincreasednearly200foldinHIV-positivepatients,andaccountsforagreaterpercentageofAIDSdefiningillnessintheUSandEuropesincetheadventofHAARTtherapy.TheseAIDSrelatedlymphomasaredistinctfromtheircounterpartsseeninHIV-1seronegativepatients.ForexamplenearlyhalfofallcasesofARLareassociatedwiththepresenceofagammaherpesvirus,EpsteinBarrvirus(EBV)orhumanherpesvirus-8(HHV-8)/Kaposi'ssarcomaassociatedherpesvirus(KSHV).ThepathogenesisofARLsiscomplex.B-cellproliferationdrivenbychronicantigenemiaresultingintheinductionofpolyclonalandultimatelymonoclonallymphoproliferationmayoccurinthesettingofsevereimmunosuppression.
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出处 《细胞研究:英文版》 2005年11期
出版日期 2005年11月21日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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