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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2025

Intact HIV Reservoir in Monocytes Is Associated With Cognitive Function in Virally Suppressed Women With HIV.

Leah H Rubin, Erin N Shirk, Lily Pohlenz, Hayley Romero, Elizabeth Roti, Raha M Dastgheyb, Isabel Santiuste, Jennifer M Coughlin, Todd T Brown, Janice E Clements and 1 more

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  4. Neuroimmune Correlates of HIV and Marijuana Use: Peripheral Biomarkers and Cognitive Function.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2026
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  5. Monocyte epigenetic age acceleration is linked to non-somatic depressive symptoms in women with and without HIV.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026
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  6. Geriatric syndromes in women living with HIV.Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2026
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11 authors.

Leah H RubinDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Erin N ShirkDepartment of Molecular and Comparative Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Lily PohlenzDepartment of Molecular and Comparative Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Hayley RomeroDepartment of Molecular and Comparative Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Elizabeth RotiDepartment of Molecular and Comparative Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Raha M DastgheybDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Isabel SantiusteDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Jennifer M CoughlinDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Todd T BrownDepartment of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Janice E ClementsDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Rebecca T VeenhuisDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9899-6277

Funding

Vaccine Response and Immunotherapeutics SWGP30AI094189 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Anna Palmer Durbin · 2012 to 2026
$67.0M
Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS-V)U01AI035004 · NIAID · MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER (BRONX, NY) · PI ANASTOS, KATHRYN M., SHARMA, ANJALI · 1993 to 2018
$65.7M
QAQC Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR003098 · NCATS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FORD, DANIEL ERNEST · 2019 to 2023
$57.7M
Clinical Research Sites for the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study (MACS/WIHS-CCS) - Baltimore/Wash DC Center - Admin Supplement: Vision and dual sensory loss in HIV-infected older adultsU01HL146201 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI TODD T BROWN, Joseph B. Margolick · 2019 to 2026
$33.7M
Therapeutic CoreP30MH075673 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Leah Helane Rubin · 2006 to 2026
$33.2M
Defining sex-based differences in the replication-competent myeloid reservoir in virally suppressed people with HIV and SIV-infected ART-suppressed macaquesR01MH127981 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI VEENHUIS, REBECCA TERILLI · 2021 to 2025
$3.7M
Effects of Glucocorticoids on Cognitive Functioning in HIV-infected WomenR01MH113512 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI RUBIN, LEAH HELANE · 2017 to 2021
$2.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR003098NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL146201NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI094189NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI035004NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH075673NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH113512NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH127981
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMonocytes are susceptible to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, form HIV reservoirs, and contribute to central nervous system complications (eg, cognitive impairment) in virally suppressed women with HIV (vsWWH). However, it remains unknown if the quality and/or quantity of the monocyte reservoir contributes to cognition in vsWWH.

methodsSixty-two vsWWH (mean age = 56.1 years, SD = 7.1; 93% Black, non-Hispanic; all HIV RNA <250 copies/mL) completed a cognitive test battery, blood draw, and whole-blood immunophenotyping. Monocytes and CD4 T cells were isolated from a subset of 53 participants and the HIV reservoir was assessed using cell-specific intact proviral DNA assays (IPDA). Demographically adjusted z-scores were calculated for each outcome using data from participants without HIV in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Cognitive outcomes of interest included domain-specific and global z-scores.

resultsThirty-Eight percent of vsWWH had detectable intact HIV genomes in monocytes (median = 21.5 copies/million). Higher levels of intact HIV genomes per million monocytes were associated with poorer verbal memory (delayed recall, r = 0.55, P = .01; recognition, r = 0.46, P = .04), fine motor skills (r = 0.50, P = .03), and global function (r = 0.47, P = .04). Higher levels of intact HIV genomes in monocytes were associated with percent intermediate monocytes (r = 0.60, P = .008), and the ratio of intact per intermediate monocyte was associated with worse memory (r = -0.59, P = .008). There were no associations between CD4 reservoir and cognition.

conclusionsThe number of intact HIV genomes per million monocytes was related to poorer cognition and the percentage of intermediate monocytes. These findings suggest that the presence of HIV genomes in general do not relate to cognitive complications, but intact, and therefore potentially replication-competent HIV, may contribute to cognitive complications in vsWWH.

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CognitionCognitive DysfunctionHIV-1HIV InfectionsMonocytesAdultCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesFemaleHumansMiddle AgedViral LoadcognitionHIVmonocytesreservoirwomen with HIV

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PMID39293028
PMCPMC12054723

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