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Serum Neopterin, an Immune Activation Marker, Independently Predicts Disease Progression in Advanced HIV-1 Infection by Mildvan, Donna, Spritzler, John, Grossberg, Sidney E., Fahey, John L., Johnston, David M., Schock, Barbara R., Kagan, Jonathan

“…Background. CD4+ T lymphocyte (CD4) counts and plasma human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 RNA concentrations predict clinical outcome in HIV-1 infection…”
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Thalidomide for the Treatment of Oral Aphthous Ulcers in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection by Jacobson, Jeffrey M, Greenspan, John S, Spritzler, John, Ketter, Nzeera, Fahey, John L, Jackson, J. Brooks, Fox, Lawrence, Chernoff, Miriam, Wu, Albert W, MacPhail, Laurie A, Vasquez, Guillermo J, Wohl, David A

“…Aphthous ulceration of the mouth, though painful and annoying, is usually a self-limited problem in immunocompetent persons. 1 In patients with human…”
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Optimism Is Associated With Mood, Coping, and Immune Change in Response to Stress by Segerstrom, Suzanne C, Taylor, Shelley E, Kemeny, Margaret E, Fahey, John L

“…This study explored prospectively the effects of dispositional and situational optimism on mood ( N = 90) and immune changes ( N = 50) among law students in…”
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Cognitive Processing, Discovery of Meaning, CD4 Decline, and AIDS-Related Mortality Among Bereaved HIV-Seropositive Men by Bower, Julienne E, Kemeny, Margaret E, Taylor, Shelley E, Fahey, John L

“…This study investigated whether finding meaning in response to an HIV-related stressor was associated with changes in immune status and health. Forty…”
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Prevalence of HIV Drug Resistance Mutations in HIV Type 1 Isolates in Antiretroviral Therapy Naïve Population from Northern India by Sinha, Sanjeev, Ahmad, H., Shekhar, R. C., Kumar, N., Dar, L., Samantaray, J. C., Sharma, S. K., Bhargava, A., Pandey, R. M., Mitsuyasu, Ronald T., Fahey, J. L.

“…Objective. The increased use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV, adversely leading to the emergence of…”
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Prognostic significance of plasma markers of immune activation, HIV viral load and CD4 T-cell measurements by FAHEY, J. L, TAYLOR, J. M. G, MANNA, B, NISHANIAN, P, AZIZ, N, GIORGI, J. V, DETELS, R

“…To evaluate the prognostic significance for AIDS occurrence of plasma levels of immune activation markers in comparison with and in conjunction with HIV viral…”
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Thalidomide for the Treatment of Esophageal Aphthous Ulcers in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection by Jacobson, Jeffrey M., Spritzler, John, Fox, Lawrence, Fahey, John L., Jackson, J. Brooks, Chernoff, Miriam, Wohl, David A., Wu, Albert W., Hooton, Thomas M., Sha, Beverly E., Shikuma, Cecilia M., MacPhail, Laurie A., Simpson, David M., Trapnell, Carol B., Basgoz, Nesli

“…A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted to determine the safety and efficacy of thalidomide for treating…”
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Effects of an Exercise Intervention on Immunologic Parameters in Frail Elderly Nursing Home Residents by Kapasi, Zoher F., Ouslander, Joseph G., Schnelle, John F., Kutner, Michael, Fahey, John L.

“…Background. Aging is associated with decline in both cell-mediated and humoral immunity and may contribute to increased incidence and severity of infections in…”
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Induction of IL-6 (B cell stimulatory factor-2/IFN-beta 2) production by HIV by Nakajima, K, Martinez-Maza, O, Hirano, T, Breen, EC, Nishanian, PG, Salazar- Gonzalez, JF, Fahey, JL, Kishimoto, T

“…Polyclonal B cell activation is commonly observed in AIDS and in infection with HIV. The effect of HIV on the induction of B cell stimulatory factor 2 (BSF-2)…”
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Elevated IFN-gamma and decreased IL-2 gene expression are associated with HIV infection by Fan, J, Bass, HZ, Fahey, JL

“…Because cytokines have a central role in the regulation and function of the human immune system, expression of several key cytokine genes in HIV infection was…”
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The Prognostic Value of Cellular and Serologic Markers in Infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 by Fahey, John L, Taylor, Jeremy M.G, Detels, Roger, Hofmann, Bo, Melmed, Raphael, Nishanian, Pari, Giorgi, Janis V

“…We evaluated three cellular and five serologic markers that are affected by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1 ) for their ability…”
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Prediction of systemic fungal infection in allogeneic marrow recipients: impact of amphotericin prophylaxis in high-risk patients by O'Donnell, M R, Schmidt, G M, Tegtmeier, B R, Faucett, C, Fahey, J L, Ito, J, Nademanee, A, Niland, J, Parker, P, Smith, E P

“…To identify risk factors that might predict for systemic fungal infections in marrow transplant recipients within the first 100 days and to assess the efficacy…”
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Immunological changes in young and old adults during brief laboratory stress by Naliboff, B D, Benton, D, Solomon, G F, Morley, J E, Fahey, J L, Bloom, E T, Makinodan, T, Gilmore, S L

“…Few data are available on the response of the human immune system to acute psychological stressors under controlled laboratory conditions. Young female…”
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A Simple Method for Improved Assay Demonstrates that HIV p24 Antigen Is Present as Immune Complexes in Most Sera from HIV-Infected Individuals by Nishanian, Parunag, Huskins, Kenneth R., Stehn, Susan, Detels, Roger, Fahey, John L.

“…Improved detection and quantitation of p24 antigen of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in sera was obtained by pH 2.5–3.0 pretreatment of samples before…”
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Increased Immune Activation Precedes the Inflection Point of CD4 T Cells and the Increased Serum Virus Load in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection by Salazar-Gonzalez, Jesus F., Martinez-Maza, Otoniel, Nishanian, Parunag, Aziz, Najib, Shen, Lu-Ping, Grosser, Stella, Taylor, Jeremy, Detels, Roger, Fahey, John L.

“…The temporal relationship of serum levels of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA and of immune activation products in 10 HIV-seropositive persons who showed…”
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Different lymphoid cell populations produce varied levels of neopterin, β2‐microglobulin and soluble IL‐2 receptor when stimulated with IL‐2, interferon‐gamma or tumour necrosis factor‐alpha by HOFMANN, B., BASS, H., NISHANIAN, P., FAISAL, M., FIGLIN, R. A., SARNA, G. P., FAHEY, J. L.

“…SUMMARY Immune activation is central to many immune disorders. Clinical investigations have shown that immune activation can be quantified by measurements of…”
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Distinct categories of immunologic changes in frail elderly by Fahey, John L, Schnelle, Jack F, Boscardin, John, Thomas, John K, Gorre, Mercedes E, Aziz, Najib, Sadeghi, Hoss, Nishanian, Parunag

“…Immune changes and their relationships in a frail elderly population ( N=116, age 70–103, median 86 years) were defined in comparison to a healthy younger…”
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Immunological and physiological changes associated with induced positive and negative mood by Futterman, A D, Kemeny, M E, Shapiro, D, Fahey, J L

“…Functional and phenotypic immunological parameters were examined before, at the end of, and 20 minutes after the induction of positive and negative mood…”
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proteins Induce the Inhibitory cAMP/Protein Kinase A Pathway in Normal Lymphocytes by Hofmann, Bo, Nishanian, Parunag, Nguyen, Thang, Insixiengmay, Praphaphone, Fahey, John L.

“…Proliferation of normal T lymphocytes is impaired by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) proteins. In this paper, we demonstrate important parts of this…”
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Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is associated with an in vivo increase in B lymphocyte activation and immaturity by Martinez-Maza, O, Crabb, E, Mitsuyasu, RT, Fahey, JL, Giorgi, JV

“…The expression of phenotypic markers on B lymphocytes in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…”
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