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ArticleJournal of neurovirology2020

Blood-based inflammation biomarkers of neurocognitive impairment in people living with HIV.

Naomi Swanta, Subhash Aryal, Vicki Nejtek, Sangeeta Shenoy, Anuja Ghorpade, Kathleen Borgmann

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Article in Journal of neurovirology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07165639 (Association Between Inflammation Biomarkers and Neurocognitive Performance Among Adolescents Living With HIV in Eswatini), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07165639 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Association Between Inflammation Biomarkers and Neurocognitive Performance Among Adolescents Living With HIV in Eswatini

TypeobservationalSponsorEswatini Nazarene Health InstitutionsRan2025 to 2026Enrolled80ConditionsHIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Naomi SwantaDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
Subhash AryalDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
Vicki NejtekDepartment of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
Sangeeta ShenoyDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
Anuja GhorpadeDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
Kathleen BorgmannDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA. Kathleen.Borgmann@unthsc.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0897-390X
University of North Texas · US

Funding

Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Novel Biomarkers and Therapeutic StrategiesP20MD006882 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI CARDARELLI, KATHRYN MARIE · 2012 to 2016
$5.8M
NIMHD NIH HHS P20 MD006882
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation in people living with HIV (PLWH) correlates with severity of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. The objective of this study is to identify blood-based markers of neurocognitive function in a demographic balanced cohort of PLWH. Seven neurocognitive domains were evaluated in 121 seropositive Black/African American, Non-Hispanic White, and White Hispanic men and women using computerized assessments. Associations among standardized neurocognitive function and HIV-related parameters, relevant sociodemographic variables, and inflammation-associated cytokines measured in plasma and cellular supernatants were examined using multivariate and univariate regression models. Outlier and covariate analyses were used to identify and normalize for education level, CD4 T cell count, viral load, CNS and drug abuse comorbidities, which could influence biomarker and neurocognitive function associations. Plasma levels of chemokine (C-C motif) ligand (CCL) 8 significantly associated with memory, complex attention, cognitive flexibility, psychomotor speed, executive function, and processing speed. Plasma tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 associated with the aforementioned domains except memory and processing speed. In addition, plasma interleukin-23 significantly associated with processing speed and executive function. Analysis of peripheral blood cell culture supernatants revealed no significant markers for neurocognitive function. In this cohort, CD4 T cell count and education level also significantly associated with neurocognitive function. All identified inflammatory biomarkers demonstrated a negative correlation to neurocognitive function. These cytokines have known connections to HIV pathophysiology and are potential biomarkers for neurocognitive function in PLWH with promising clinical applications.

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AdultAgedAttentionBiomarkersCD4 Lymphocyte CountCentral Nervous SystemCognitionCognitive DysfunctionCytokinesEducational StatusExecutive FunctionFemaleHIVHIV InfectionsHumansInflammationBiomarkersCytokinesTIMP1 protein, humanTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1Chronic immune activationCNSHealth disparitiesHIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND)

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