Plasma Soluble CD163 Level Independently Predicts All-Cause Mortality in HIV-1-Infected Individuals

Conclusions. Plasma sCD163 was an independent marker of all-cause mortality in a cohort of HIV–infected individuals, suggesting that monocyte/macrophage activation may play a role in HIV pathogenesis and be a target of intervention.

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases - September 22, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Knudsen, T. B., Ertner, G., Petersen, J., Moller, H. J., Moestrup, S. K., Eugen-Olsen, J., Kronborg, G., Benfield, T. Tags: HIV/AIDS Source Type: research