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MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 1212-1219Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41385-019-0180-2
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- Medical Research Council [MR/L006588/1, MR/P011233/1, MR/N001265/1, MR/L00528X/1] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust [109965/Z/15/Z] Funding Source: Medline
- MRC [MR/N001265/1, MR/L006588/1, MR/P011233/1, MR/L00528X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) is a key location for the HIV reservoir. The observation that B-cell-T-cell doublets are enriched for CD32a (a low-affinity IgG receptor) in peripheral blood raises interesting questions, especially as these cells have been associated with HIV DNA in some studies. We sought to determine if similar doublets were present in GALT, the significance of these doublets, and their implications for the HIV reservoir. Given the importance of GALT as a reservoir for HIV, we looked for expression of CD32 on gut CD4 T cells and for evidence of doublets, and any relationship with HIV DNA in HIV + individuals initiated on antiretroviral therapy (ART) during primary HIV infection (PHI). Tonsil tissue was also available for one individual. As previously shown for blood, CD32(high) CD4 cells were mainly doublets of CD4 T cells and B cells, with T-cell expression of ICOS in tonsil and gut tissue. CD4 T cells associated with CD32 (compared with 'CD32-' CD4 cells) had higher expression of follicular markers CXCR5, PD1, ICOS, and Bcl-6 consistent with a T follicular helper (TFH) phenotype. There was a significant correlation between rectal HIV DNA levels and CD32 expression on TFH cells. Together, these data suggest that CD32(high) doublets are primarily composed of TFH cells, a subset known to be preferentially infected by HIV.
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