Tubuloreticular inclusions in skin biopsies from patients with HIV infection.
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Tubuloreticular inclusions in skin biopsies from patients with HIV infection. / Pedersen, C; Horn, T; Junge, Jette; Haahr, S; Nielsen, Jens Ole.
I: Acta Pathologica Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica, Bind 97, Nr. 3, 1989, s. 249-252.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning
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T1 - Tubuloreticular inclusions in skin biopsies from patients with HIV infection.
AU - Pedersen, C
AU - Horn, T
AU - Junge, Jette
AU - Haahr, S
AU - Nielsen, Jens Ole
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Skin biopsies obtained from apparently normal skin from 15 HIV infected patients and 6 anti-HIV negative patients were examined by electron microscopy. Tubuloreticular inclusions (TRI) were detected within the cytoplasm of capillary endothelial cells in 5/5 AIDS patients and in 2/5 patients with AIDS related conditions. Biopsies from 5 asymptomatic HIV positive patients and the 6 control subjects were without ultrastructural alterations. The occurrence of TRI was related to low numbers of CD 4+ lymphocytes. 5/7 patients with TRI had elevated serum interferon activity, and in all of the patients without TRI, interferon activity was below detection level. The occurrence of TRI was not dependent on the presence of free p24 antigen in serum. It is concluded that the occurrence of TRI in entothelial cells of skin capillaries is associated with late stages of HIV infection and this may indicate a generalization of this change.
AB - Skin biopsies obtained from apparently normal skin from 15 HIV infected patients and 6 anti-HIV negative patients were examined by electron microscopy. Tubuloreticular inclusions (TRI) were detected within the cytoplasm of capillary endothelial cells in 5/5 AIDS patients and in 2/5 patients with AIDS related conditions. Biopsies from 5 asymptomatic HIV positive patients and the 6 control subjects were without ultrastructural alterations. The occurrence of TRI was related to low numbers of CD 4+ lymphocytes. 5/7 patients with TRI had elevated serum interferon activity, and in all of the patients without TRI, interferon activity was below detection level. The occurrence of TRI was not dependent on the presence of free p24 antigen in serum. It is concluded that the occurrence of TRI in entothelial cells of skin capillaries is associated with late stages of HIV infection and this may indicate a generalization of this change.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 97
SP - 249
EP - 252
JO - A P M I S. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica
JF - A P M I S. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica
SN - 0903-4641
IS - 3
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