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ArticleCommunications biology2023

Elevated glutamate impedes anti-HIV-1 CD8 + T cell responses in HIV-1-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy.

You-Yuan Wang, Cheng Zhen, Wei Hu, Hui-Huang Huang, Yan-Jun Li, Ming-Ju Zhou, Jing Li, Yu-Long Fu, Peng Zhang, Xiao-Yu Li and 16 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The role of CD8Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  3. Renaissance of antiviral CD8Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
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  6. Advances in Single-Cell Sequencing for Infectious Diseases: Progress and Perspectives.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
    Review
  7. Immuno-cell metabolic changes in HIV-1 infection.Infectious diseases & immunity · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

You-Yuan Wang *Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China.
Cheng Zhen *Department of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Wei Hu *Department of Emergency, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA Hospital, Beijing, China.
Hui-Huang HuangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Yan-Jun LiGuangxi AIDS Clinical Treatment Centre, The Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, China.
Ming-Ju ZhouDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Jing LiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Yu-Long FuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Peng ZhangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Xiao-Yu LiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Tao YangMedical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China.
Jin-Wen SongMedical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8582-8012
Xing FanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Jun ZouGuangxi AIDS Clinical Treatment Centre, The Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, China.
Si-Run MengGuangxi AIDS Clinical Treatment Centre, The Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, China.
Ya-Qin QinGuangxi AIDS Clinical Treatment Centre, The Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, China.
Yan-Mei JiaoDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Ruonan XuMedical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China.
Ji-Yuan ZhangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Chun-Bao ZhouDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Jin-Hong YuanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Lei HuangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
Ming ShiMedical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China.
Liang ChengMedical Research Institute, Frontier Science Center of Immunology and Metabolism, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Fu-Sheng WangMedical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China. fswang302@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-8043-6685
Chao ZhangMedical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China. zhangch302@163.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8126-8145
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CNThe Fourth People's Hospital · CNWuhan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD8 + T cells are essential for long-lasting HIV-1 control and have been harnessed to develop therapeutic and preventive approaches for people living with HIV-1 (PLWH). HIV-1 infection induces marked metabolic alterations. However, it is unclear whether these changes affect the anti-HIV function of CD8 + T cells. Here, we show that PLWH exhibit higher levels of plasma glutamate than healthy controls. In PLWH, glutamate levels positively correlate with HIV-1 reservoir and negatively correlate with the anti-HIV function of CD8 + T cells. Single-cell metabolic modeling reveals glutamate metabolism is surprisingly robust in virtual memory CD8 + T cells (TVM). We further confirmed that glutamate inhibits TVM cells function via the mTORC1 pathway in vitro. Our findings reveal an association between metabolic plasticity and CD8 + T cell-mediated HIV control, suggesting that glutamate metabolism can be exploited as a therapeutic target for the reversion of anti-HIV CD8 + T cell function in PLWH.

Indexed as

HIV-1HIV InfectionsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesGlutamic AcidHumansGlutamic Acid

Identifiers

PMID37419968
PMCPMC10328948
OpenAlexW4383554914

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