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ntinue to be provided with thorough communication, vigilance and guidance from our colleagues.The prevalence of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is higher than that of HF with reduced/midrange ejection fraction (HFrEF/HFmrEF). However, no evidence-based guidelines for managing HFpEF have been generated. The current body of knowledge indicates that fibrosis and inflammation are important components of the cardiac remodeling process in HFpEF. Additionally, macrophages potentially play an important role in pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic processes in HFpEF patients, whereas HFpEF comorbidities could be a driving force for systemic microvascular inflammation and endothelial dysfunction. Under such circumstances, macrophages reportedly contribute to inflammation and fibrosis through three phases namely, inflammation, repair and resolution. Signal transduction pathway-targeted therapies using animal experiments have generated important discoveries and breakthroughs for understanding the underlying mechanisms of HFpEF. However, only a handful of studies have reported promising results using human trials. Further investigations are therefore needed to elucidate the exact mechanisms underlying HFpEF and immune-pathogenesis of cardiac fibrosis.Objective The UK has a low tuberculosis incidence and earlier combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) is expected to have reduced incidence among people with HIV. Epidemiological patterns and risk factors for active tuberculosis were analysed over a 20 year period among people accessing HIV care at sites participating in the UK CHIC observational study. Design Cohort analysis. Methods Data were included for individuals over 15 years old attending for HIV care between 1996 and 2017 inclusive, with at least three months follow up recorded. Incidence rates of new tuberculosis events were calculated and stratified by ethnicity (white/black/other) as a proxy for tuberculosis exposure. Poisson regression models were used to determine the associations of calendar year, ethnicity and other potential risk factors after cART initiation. Results 58,776 participants (26.3% female; 54.5% white, 32.0% black, 13.5% other/unknown ethnicity; median (interquartile range) age 34 (29-42) years) were followed for 546,617 person-years. 704 were treated for active tuberculosis (rate 1.3 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.2-1.4]/1000 person-years). Tuberculosis incidence decreased from 1.3 [1.2-1.5] to 0.6 [0.4-0.9]/1000 person-years from pre-2004 to 2011-2017. The decline among people of black ethnicity was less steep than among those of white/other ethnicities, with incidence remaining high among black participants in the latest period (2.1 [1.4-3.1]/1000 person-years). 283 participants (191 (67%) black African) had tuberculosis with viral load less then 50 copies/ml. Conclusions Despite the known protective effect of cART against tuberculosis, a continuing disproportionately high incidence is seen among black African people. Results support further interventions to prevent tuberculosis in this group.Objective Viral infections influence intracellular peptide repertoires available for presentation by HLA-I. BTK high throughput screening Alterations in HLA-I/peptide complexes can modulate binding of KIRs and thereby the function of NK cells. While multiple studies have provided evidence that HLA-I/KIR interactions play a role in HIV-1 disease progression, the consequence of HIV-1 infection for HLA-I/KIR interactions remain largely unknown. Design We determined changes in HLA-I-presented peptides resulting from HIV-1 infection of primary human CD4 T-cells and assessed the impact of changes in peptide repertoires on HLA-I/KIR interactions. Methods Liquid chromatography-coupled tandem mass spectrometry to identify HLA-I presented peptides, cell-based in vitro assays to evaluate functional consequences of alterations in immunopeptidome and atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to confirm experimental data. Results A total of 583 peptides exclusively presented on HIV-1-infected cells were identified, of which only 1.4% represented HIV-1-derived peptides. Focusing on HLA-C*0304/KIR2DL3 interactions, we observed that HLA-C*0304-presented peptides derived from non-infected CD4 T-cells mediated stronger binding of inhibitory KIR2DL3 than peptides derived from HIV-1-infected cells. Furthermore, the most abundant peptide presented by HLA-C*0304 on non-infected CD4 T-cells (VIYPARISL) mediated the strongest KIR2DL3-binding, while the most abundant peptide presented on HIV-1-infected cells (YAIQATETL) did not mediate KIR2DL3-binding. Molecular dynamics simulations of HLA-C*0304/KIR2DL3 interactions in the context of these two peptides revealed that VIYPARISL significantly enhanced the HLA-C*0304/peptide contact area to KIR2DL3 compared to YAIQATETL. Conclusions These data demonstrate that HIV-1 infection-induced changes in HLA-I-presented peptides can reduce engagement of inhibitory KIRs, providing a mechanism for enhanced activation of NK cells by virus-infected cells.Background 25-hydroxylase (CH25H) is an Interferon stimulated gene (ISG), which catalyzes the synthesis of 25-Hydroxycholesterol (25HC). 25HC intervenes in metabolic and infectious processes as controls cholesterol homeostasis and influences viral entry into host cells.We verified whether natural resistance to HIV-1 infection in HIV-1-exposed seronegative (HESN) individuals is at least partially mediated by particularities in sterol biosynthesis. Methods Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) isolated from 15 sexually-exposed HESN and 15 healthy controls (HC) were in vitro HIV-1-infected and analyzed for 1) percentage of IFNα-producing plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells (pDCs); 2) Cholesterol signaling and inflammatory response RNA expression; 3) resistance to HIV-1 infection. MDMs from 5 HC were in vitro HIV-1-infected in the absence/presence of exogenously added 25HC. Results IFNα-producing pDCs were augmented in HESN compared to HCs both in unstimulated and in in vitro HIV-1-infected PBMCs (p less then 0.001). An increased expression of CH25H and of a number of genes involved in cholesterol metabolism (ABCA1, ABCG1, CYP7B1, LXRα, OSBP, PPARγ, SCARB1) was observed as well; this, was associated with a reduced susceptibility to in vitro HIV-1-infection of PBMCs and MDMs (p less then 0.01). Notably, addition of 25HC to MDMs resulted in increased cholesterol efflux and augmented resistance to in vitro HIV-1-infection. Conclusions Results herein show that in HESN sterol metabolism might be particularly efficient. This could be related to the activation of the IFNα pathway and results into a reduced susceptibility to in vitro HIV-1 infection. These results suggest a possible basis for therapeutic interventions to modulate HIV-1 infection.
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