The Opioid Epidemic: Impact on Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in HIV

Association of Self-Reported Abscess With High-Risk Injection-Related Behaviors Among Young Persons Who Inject Drugs

(2019) Alice K. Asher et al.   JANAC-JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF NURSES IN AIDS CARE

Increased Methamphetamine, Injection Drug, and Heroin Use Among Women and Heterosexual Men with Primary and Secondary Syphilis — United States, 2013–2017

(2019) Sarah E. Kidd et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Inflammatory biomarkers and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected men in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study

(2019) Vinita Subramanya et al.   PLoS One

Global Burden of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in People Living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2018) Anoop S. V. Shah et al.   CIRCULATION

Negative experiences of pain and withdrawal create barriers to abscess care for people who inject heroin. A mixed methods analysis

(2018) Phillip J. Summers et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Associated With Exposure To Abacavir Among Individuals With HIV: A Systematic Review And Meta-analyses Of Results From Seventeen Epidemiologic Studies

(2018) Kunchok Dorjee et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Frontline Science: Buprenorphine decreases CCL2-mediated migration of CD14+ CD16+ monocytes

(2018) Matias Jaureguiberry-Bravo et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Overdose Deaths Involving Opioids, Cocaine, and Psychostimulants — United States, 2015–2016

(2018) Puja Seth et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Substance use patterns and HIV-1 RNA viral load rebound among HIV-positive illicit drug users in a Canadian setting

(2018) Farah Ladak et al.   ANTIVIRAL THERAPY

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

(2018) Gregory A Roth et al.   LANCET

Association of Macrophage Inflammation Biomarkers With Progression of Subclinical Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis in HIV-Infected Women and Men

(2017) David B. Hanna et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Heroin use is associated with lower levels of restriction factors and type I interferon expression and facilitates HIV-1 replication

(2017) Jia-Wu Zhu et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Plasma IL-6 levels are independently associated with atherosclerosis and mortality in HIV-infected individuals on suppressive antiretroviral therapy

(2016) Denise C. Hsu et al.   AIDS

HIV infection is independently associated with frailty in middle-aged HIV type 1-infected individuals compared with similar but uninfected controls

(2016) Katherine W. Kooij et al.   AIDS

Opioids and Opioid Maintenance Therapies: Their Impact on Monocyte-Mediated HIV Neuropathogenesis

(2016) Matias Jaureguiberry-Bravo et al.   CURRENT HIV RESEARCH

Monocyte exosomes induce adhesion molecules and cytokines via activation of NF-κB in endothelial cells

(2016) Norina Tang et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Life expectancy of HIV-positive people after starting combination antiretroviral therapy: a meta-analysis

(2016) S Teeraananchai et al.   HIV MEDICINE

Narrowing the Gap in Life Expectancy Between HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Individuals With Access to Care

(2016) Julia L. Marcus et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Inflammatory Markers Associated With Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease: The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study

(2016) Hossein Bahrami et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

Cause-Specific Mortality in HIV-Positive Patients Who Survived Ten Years after Starting Antiretroviral Therapy

(2016) Adam Trickey et al.   PLoS One

Monocytes from HIV-infected individuals show impaired cholesterol efflux and increased foam cell formation after transendothelial migration

(2015) Anna Maisa et al.   AIDS

Risk of cancer among HIV-infected patients from a population-based nested case–control study: implications for cancer prevention

(2015) Chang-Hua Chen et al.   BMC CANCER

Oxidized LDL Levels Are Increased in HIV Infection and May Drive Monocyte Activation

(2015) David A. Zidar et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

High Rates of Abscesses and Chronic Wounds in Community-Recruited Injection Drug Users and Associated Risk Factors

(2015) Maria Elisa Smith et al.   Journal of Addiction Medicine

Frailty, Inflammation, and Mortality Among Persons Aging With HIV Infection and Injection Drug Use

(2015) Damani A. Piggott et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

Trends and Differences among Three New Indicators of HIV Infection Progression

(2015) Qian An et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS

HIV infection and incidence of ischemic stroke

(2014) Julia L. Marcus et al.   AIDS

Macrophage Inflammatory Markers Are Associated With Subclinical Carotid Artery Disease in Women With Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Hepatitis C Virus Infection

(2014) Iftach Shaked et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Impact of Risk Factors for Specific Causes of Death in the First and Subsequent Years of Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-Infected Patients

(2014) Suzanne M. Ingle et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Lipopolysaccharide, Immune Activation, and Liver Abnormalities in HIV/Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)–Coinfected Individuals Receiving HBV-Active Combination Antiretroviral Therapy

(2014) Megan Crane et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Gut Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction and Innate Immune Activation Predict Mortality in Treated HIV Infection

(2014) Peter W. Hunt et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Microbial Translocation in the Pathogenesis of HIV Infection and AIDS

(2013) Giulia Marchetti et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Correlates of Elevated Interleukin-6 and C-Reactive Protein in Persons With or at High Risk for HCV and HIV Infections

(2013) Megan L. Salter et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

C-Reactive Protein Predicts 96-Week Carotid Intima Media Thickness Progression in HIV-Infected Adults Naive to Antiretroviral Therapy

(2013) Corrilynn O. Hileman et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Cotton Fever: An Evanescent Process Mimicking Sepsis in an Intravenous Drug Abuser

(2013) Pallawi Torka et al.   JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Mu opioid receptor agonist-selective regulation of interleukin-4 in T lymphocytes

(2013) Christine Börner et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Overcoming pharmacologic sanctuaries

(2013) Theodore J. Cory et al.   Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

A preliminary evaluation of the effects of opioids on innate and adaptive human in vitro immune function

(2013) Jason W Boland et al.   BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care

Arterial Inflammation in Patients With HIV

(2012) Sharath Subramanian et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Biomarkers of Microbial Translocation and Macrophage Activation: Association With Progression of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in HIV-1 Infection

(2012) Theodoros Kelesidis et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Smoking and HIV: Prevalence, Health Risks, and Cessation Strategies

(2012) Alan R. Lifson et al.   Current HIV/AIDS Reports

Sigmoid Th17 populations, the HIV latent reservoir, and microbial translocation in men on long-term antiretroviral therapy

(2011) Duncan Chege et al.   AIDS

All-cause mortality in treated HIV-infected adults with CD4 >=500/mm3 compared with the general population: evidence from a large European observational cohort collaboration 

(2011) et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Opioid Drug Abuse and Modulation of Immune Function: Consequences in the Susceptibility to Opportunistic Infections

(2011) Sabita Roy et al.   Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology

HIV-1 Coinfection and Morphine Coexposure Severely Dysregulate Hepatitis C Virus-Induced Hepatic Proinflammatory Cytokine Release and Free Radical Production: Increased Pathogenesis Coincides with Uncoordinated Host Defenses

(2011) N. El-Hage et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Disruption of Intestinal CD4+ T Cell Homeostasis Is a Key Marker of Systemic CD4+ T Cell Activation in HIV-Infected Individuals

(2010) S. N. Gordon et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders persist in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy: CHARTER Study

(2010) R. K. Heaton et al.   NEUROLOGY

Cytomegalovirus-Specific T Cells Persist at Very High Levels during Long-Term Antiretroviral Treatment of HIV Disease

(2010) David M. Naeger et al.   PLoS One

Damaged Intestinal Epithelial Integrity Linked to Microbial Translocation in Pathogenic Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infections

(2010) Jacob D. Estes et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Exposure to HIV-1 Directly Impairs Mucosal Epithelial Barrier Integrity Allowing Microbial Translocation

(2010) Aisha Nazli et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Risk Practices Associated with Bacterial Infections among Injection Drug Users in Denver, Colorado

(2010) Kristina T. Phillips et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE

Relationship between Inflammatory Markers, Endothelial Activation Markers, and Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness in HIV‐Infected Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy

(2009) Allison C. Ross et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Association of C-Reactive Protein and HIV Infection With Acute Myocardial Infarction

(2009) Virginia A Triant et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Plasma Levels of Bacterial DNA Correlate with Immune Activation and the Magnitude of Immune Restoration in Persons with Antiretroviral‐Treated HIV Infection

(2009) Wei Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

HIV-1 RNA Dysregulates the Natural TLR Response to Subclinical Endotoxemia in Kenyan Female Sex-Workers

(2009) Richard T. Lester et al.   PLoS One

Buprenorphine and methadone maintenance treatment of heroin addicts preserves immune function

(2008) Paola Sacerdote et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Prevalences and correlates of non-viral injecting-related injuries and diseases in a convenience sample of Australian injecting drug users

(2008) R. Dwyer et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy: Lipid Abnormalities and Associated Cardiovascular Risk in HIV-Infected Patients

(2008) Donald P Kotler   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Persistence of HIV in Gut‐Associated Lymphoid Tissue despite Long‐Term Antiretroviral Therapy

(2008) Tae‐Wook Chun et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Use of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and risk of myocardial infarction in HIV-infected patients enrolled in the D:A:D study: a multi-cohort collaboration

(2008)   LANCET

Life expectancy of individuals on combination antiretroviral therapy in high-income countries: a collaborative analysis of 14 cohort studies

(2008)   LANCET

Microbial Translocation Is Associated with Increased Monocyte Activation and Dementia in AIDS Patients

(2008) Petronela Ancuta et al.   PLoS One

Community Socioeconomic Status is Associated With Circulating Interleukin-6 and C-Reactive Protein

(2008) Karen L. Petersen et al.   PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

Inflammatory and Coagulation Biomarkers and Mortality in Patients with HIV Infection

(2008) Lewis H Kuller et al.   PLOS MEDICINE