Distinct alterations in white matter properties and organization related to maternal treatment initiation in neonates exposed to HIV but uninfected

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HIV exposed-uninfected (HEU) infants and children are at risk of developmental delays as compared to HIV uninfected unexposed (HUU) populations. The effects of exposure to in utero HIV and ART regimens on the HEU the developing brain are not well understood. In a cohort of 2-week-old newborns, we used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography and graph theory to examine the influence of HIV and ART exposure in utero on neonate white matter integrity and organisation. The cohort included HEU infants born to mothers who started ART before conception (HEUpre) and after conception (HEUpost), as well as HUU infants from the same community. We investigated HIV exposure and ART duration group differences in DTI metrics (fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD)) and graph measures across white matter. We found increased MD in white matter connections involving the thalamus and limbic system in the HEUpre group compared to HUU. We further identified reduced nodal efficiency in the basal ganglia. Within the HEUpost group, we observed reduced FA in cortical-subcortical and cerebellar connections as well as decreased transitivity in the hindbrain area compared to HUU. Overall, our analysis demonstrated distinct alterations in white matter integrity related to the timing of maternal ART initiation that influence regional brain network properties.

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UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2024 Jan 12;:. - PMID 38260347

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

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Scientific reports - 14(2024), 1 vom: 17. Apr., Seite 8822

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Englisch

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Magondo, Ndivhuwo [VerfasserIn]
Meintjes, Ernesta M [VerfasserIn]
Warton, Fleur L [VerfasserIn]
Little, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
van der Kouwe, Andre J W [VerfasserIn]
Laughton, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Jankiewicz, Marcin [VerfasserIn]
Holmes, Martha J [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 18.04.2024

Date Revised 29.04.2024

published: Electronic

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2024 Jan 12;:. - PMID 38260347

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10.1038/s41598-024-58339-6

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