TY - JOUR
T1 - Circulating T Cells and Cardiovascular Risk in People With and Without HIV Infection
AU - Kundu, Suman
AU - Freiberg, Matthew S.
AU - Tracy, Russell P.
AU - So-Armah, Kaku A.
AU - Koethe, John R.
AU - Duncan, Meredith S.
AU - Tindle, Hilary A.
AU - Beckman, Joshua A.
AU - Feinstein, Matthew J.
AU - McDonnell, Wyatt J.
AU - Justice, Amy
AU - Doyle, Margaret F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/10/25
Y1 - 2022/10/25
N2 - Background: Lower CD4+ cell count in people with HIV infection (PWH) is associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Whether subsets of CD4+ T helper cells are linked with CVD is unclear. Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the association between peripherally circulating CD4+ T cell subsets and incident CVD. Methods: Data from 1,860 participants (1,270 PWH) without prevalent CVD from the VACS (Veterans Aging Cohort Study), a prospective, observational cohort of veterans with and without HIV infection, were analyzed. T cell subsets were quantified in baseline samples using flow cytometry. Incident CVD events were identified using International Classification of Diseases-9th Revision and International Classification of Diseases-10th Revision diagnosis and procedure codes. Participants were followed from baseline date (2005-2006) to the first of CVD incidence, death, or September 30, 2016. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to model associations between these T cell subsets and the risk for incident CVD while adjusting for demographics and other CVD risk factors. Results: The median participant age at baseline was 51.6 years. Most were male (94%) and of Black race (69.1%). There were 344 incident CVD events (219 in PWH) during follow-up (median 9.8 years). In PWH, higher proportions (per SD increment) of T helper type 17 cells (adjusted HR: 1.19; 95% CI: 1.08-1.31), T effector memory cells re-expressing CD45RA (adjusted HR: 1.19; 95% CI: 1.07-1.34), and CD28null cells (adjusted HR: 1.18; 95% CI: 1.03-1.34) were significantly associated with an increased risk for incident CVD. Among those without HIV infection, no T cell subsets were significantly associated with CVD. Conclusions: Among PWH, T helper type 17 cells, senescent cells, and CD4+ T effector memory cells re-expressing CD45RA were significantly associated with incident CVD that was not explained by CVD risk factors.
AB - Background: Lower CD4+ cell count in people with HIV infection (PWH) is associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Whether subsets of CD4+ T helper cells are linked with CVD is unclear. Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the association between peripherally circulating CD4+ T cell subsets and incident CVD. Methods: Data from 1,860 participants (1,270 PWH) without prevalent CVD from the VACS (Veterans Aging Cohort Study), a prospective, observational cohort of veterans with and without HIV infection, were analyzed. T cell subsets were quantified in baseline samples using flow cytometry. Incident CVD events were identified using International Classification of Diseases-9th Revision and International Classification of Diseases-10th Revision diagnosis and procedure codes. Participants were followed from baseline date (2005-2006) to the first of CVD incidence, death, or September 30, 2016. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to model associations between these T cell subsets and the risk for incident CVD while adjusting for demographics and other CVD risk factors. Results: The median participant age at baseline was 51.6 years. Most were male (94%) and of Black race (69.1%). There were 344 incident CVD events (219 in PWH) during follow-up (median 9.8 years). In PWH, higher proportions (per SD increment) of T helper type 17 cells (adjusted HR: 1.19; 95% CI: 1.08-1.31), T effector memory cells re-expressing CD45RA (adjusted HR: 1.19; 95% CI: 1.07-1.34), and CD28null cells (adjusted HR: 1.18; 95% CI: 1.03-1.34) were significantly associated with an increased risk for incident CVD. Among those without HIV infection, no T cell subsets were significantly associated with CVD. Conclusions: Among PWH, T helper type 17 cells, senescent cells, and CD4+ T effector memory cells re-expressing CD45RA were significantly associated with incident CVD that was not explained by CVD risk factors.
KW - HIV
KW - cardiovascular disease
KW - circulating T cells
KW - peripheral
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.08.756
DO - 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.08.756
M3 - Article
C2 - 36265959
AN - SCOPUS:85139418909
SN - 0735-1097
VL - 80
SP - 1633
EP - 1644
JO - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
IS - 17
ER -