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ReviewInfection and drug resistance2024

Incomplete Immune Reconstitution and Traditional Chinese Medicine in Patients with HIV/AIDS: Challenges and Perspectives.

Xue Ding, Leilei Fan, Liran Xu, Xiuxia Ma, Pengfei Meng, Jie Li, Jiahe Li, Jingyu Yue

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Review in Infection and drug resistance, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Xue Ding *Department of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.
Leilei Fan *Department of Cardiovascular, The First People's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.
Liran XuDepartment of the First Clinical Medical College, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-3992-7423
Xiuxia MaDepartment of AIDS Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.
Pengfei MengDepartment of AIDS Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.
Jie LiDepartment of AIDS Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.
Jiahe LiDepartment of the First Clinical Medical College, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.
Jingyu YueDepartment of AIDS Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antiretroviral therapy can reduce human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) load to undetectable levels and restore CD4+ T cells to rebuild immune function in patients with HIV. However, some patients fail to achieve immune reconstitution despite treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine is an important branch of complementary and alternative medicine for the treatment of HIV infection, and a growing number of studies has demonstrated that traditional Chinese medicine can increase CD4+ T cell counts in patients, thereby promoting immune reconstitution, ameliorating symptoms and signs, and improving quality of life. Here, we review pathogenesis in immunological non-responders and research into their treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. Furthermore, we summarize potential future research directions, including elucidation of how traditional Chinese medicine can regulate CD4+ T cells to reduce opportunistic infections and improve quality of life in immunological non-responders.

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drug mechanismfuture research directionsimmunological non-responderstraditional Chinese medicine

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PMID39737090
PMCPMC11683152

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