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CD4 is found on the surface of immune cells such as helper T cells, monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells. It was discovered in the late 1970s and was originally known as leu-3 and T4 (after the OKT4 monoclonal antibody that reacted with it) before being named CD4 in 1984. [5] In humans, the CD4 protein is encoded by the CD4 gene. [6] [7]
CD4 cell counts are another key measure of immune status and ART effectiveness. [83] CD4 counts should rise 50 to 100 cells per ml in the first year of therapy. [56] There can be substantial fluctuation in CD4 counts of up to 25% based on the time of day or concomitant infections. [95]
Patients with tuberculosis show a reduced CD4 + /CD8 + ratio. [9] HIV infection leads to low levels of CD4 + T cells (lowering the CD4 + /CD8 + ratio) through a number of mechanisms, including killing of infected CD4 +. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is (by one definition) a CD4 + T cell count below 200 cells per μL.
Wasting syndrome in the absence of a concurrent illness other than HIV infection that could explain the following findings: a) persistent weight loss more than 10% of baseline OR b) downward crossing of at least two of the following percentile lines on the weight-for-age chart (e.g., 95th, 75th, 50th, 25th, 5th) in a child at least 1 year of ...
Presence of AIDS with low pretreatment CD4 count, typically <100 cells/microL. An exception is in the setting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, which can be reactivated with CD4 cells >200 cells/microL. [17] Decrease in HIV-1 RNA levels from baseline or increase in CD4 count after starting ART [17]
a CD4+ T-cell percentage of total lymphocytes of less than 14% or one of the defining illnesses. A patient presenting one of the above conditions but with laboratory evidence against HIV infection is not normally considered to have AIDS, but an AIDS diagnosis may be given if the patient has had Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, and has not ...
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The reason for the preferential loss of mucosal CD4 + T cells is that a majority of mucosal CD4 + T cells express the CCR5 coreceptor, whereas a small fraction of CD4 + T cells in the bloodstream do so. [5] HIV seeks out and destroys CCR5 expressing CD4 + cells during acute infection. A vigorous immune response eventually controls the infection ...