Shared and unique antibody and B cell profiles in HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology..

Host non-T cell markers to aid in the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) have not been identified. In this case-control study, we characterized antibody and B cell profiles in HIV-negative and HIV-positive Vietnamese individuals of the Kinh ethnicity recently diagnosed with CM and controls. The study included 60 HIV-negative with no known immunocompromising condition and 60 HIV-positive individuals, with 30 CM cases and 30 controls in each group. Participants were matched by age, sex, HIV serostatus, and CD4 count in the HIV-positive group. Plasma immunoglobulin (Ig) levels, including IgG1, IgG2, IgM, and IgA, Cryptococcus spp. glucuronoxylomannan (GXM)- and laminarin (branched ${\rm{\beta }}$-[1-3]-glucan)-binding IgG, IgM, IgA levels, and peripheral blood B cell subsets were measured. Logistic regression, principal component, and mediation analyses were conducted to assess associations between antibody, B cell levels, and CM. The results showed that GXM-IgG levels were higher and IgG1 and IgG2 were lower in CM cases than controls, regardless of HIV status. In HIV-negative individuals, IgG2 mediated an inverse association between CD19+CD27+CD43+CD5- (B-1b-like) cells and CM. In HIV-positive individuals, lower levels of IgA, laminarin-IgA, and CD19+CD27+IgM+IgD- (IgM+ memory B) cells were each associated with CM. The shared and distinct antibody and B cell profiles identified in HIV-negative and HIV-positive CM cases may inform the identification of non-T-cell markers of CM risk or unsuspected disease, particularly in HIV-negative individuals.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Medical mycology - 61(2023), 10 vom: 05. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yoon, Hyunah [VerfasserIn]
Nakouzi, Antonio S [VerfasserIn]
Duong, Van Anh [VerfasserIn]
Hung, Le Quoc [VerfasserIn]
Binh, Tran Quang [VerfasserIn]
Tung, Nguyen Le Nhu [VerfasserIn]
Day, Jeremy N [VerfasserIn]
Pirofski, Liise-Anne [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies
B-lymphocytes
Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis
Fungal
Glucuronoxylomannan
HIV
Immunoglobulin A
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Journal Article

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Date Completed 27.10.2023

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/mmy/myad102

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362673039