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Accelerated Aging in HIV Patients.

Keren Meir-Shafrir¹, Shimon Pollack

¹Institute for Allergy, Immunology & AIDS, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel, and the.

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Summary

Increased life expectancy in HIV patients on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) leads to accelerated aging. Lower CD4+ T cell counts are linked to earlier age-associated diseases, suggesting immune function decline drives aging in HIV.

Keywords:

AIDS Aging HIV immune senescence

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Area of Science:

Immunology
Gerontology
Infectious Diseases

Background:

Global life expectancy has risen, increasing age-related diseases and immune decline.
Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has improved life expectancy for HIV-infected individuals.
HIV patients experience accelerated aging and earlier onset of non-AIDS, age-associated conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between immune function and accelerated aging in HIV patients.
To determine the impact of CD4+ T cell counts, viral load, and cART on age-associated diseases in HIV.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on aging, HIV, and associated comorbidities.
Analysis of factors influencing the prevalence and earlier onset of non-AIDS conditions in HIV-infected populations.

Main Results:

Non-AIDS conditions in HIV patients are strongly associated with CD4+ T cell counts.
Lower CD4+ T cell counts correlate with increased rates of liver, cardiovascular, renal, and neurocognitive disorders.
The impact of viral load and cART on early age-associated diseases is less significant than CD4+ T cell count.

Conclusions:

Immune function decline, indicated by lower CD4+ T cell counts, appears to be a key driver of accelerated aging in HIV patients.
Management strategies should focus on preserving immune function to mitigate age-associated diseases in the aging HIV population.