Immune reconstitution of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Summary of "Immune reconstitution of acquired immune deficiency syndrome."
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic infectious disease, which the patients are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV damages the human's immune function and causes CD4 cell decline in the number and function. Immune reconstitution is an important treatment to AIDS. Bone marrow transplantation, adoptive immune cell therapy and cytokines infusion can all assist the immune reconstitution; highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can effectively control the virus replication and benefit the immune reconstitution. HAART combined with immunotherapy is an important method of immune reconstitution in AIDS patients. Chinese medicine is playing a more and more important role in immune reconstitution. Immune reconstitution has always been effective in the whole treatment of AIDS.
Affiliation
Guang' anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Chinese journal of integrative medicine
ISSN: 1672-0415
Pages: 557-64
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21110183
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11655-010-0573-2
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
Exuberant inflammatory response towards previously undiagnosed or incubating opportunistic pathogens. It is frequently seen in AIDS patients following HAART.
Immunomodulation
Alteration of the immune system or of an immune response by agents that activate or suppress its function. This can include IMMUNIZATION or administration of immunomodulatory drugs. Immunomodulation can also encompass non-therapeutic alteration of the immune system effected by endogenous or exogenous substances.
Antigens
Substances that are recognized by the immune system and induce an immune reaction.
Immune Evasion
Methods used by pathogenic organisms to evade a host's immune system.
Immunization
Deliberate stimulation of the host's immune response. ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION involves administration of ANTIGENS or IMMUNOLOGIC ADJUVANTS. PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION involves administration of IMMUNE SERA or LYMPHOCYTES or their extracts (e.g., transfer factor, immune RNA) or transplantation of immunocompetent cell producing tissue (thymus or bone marrow).
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