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Current HIV Research

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ISSN (Print): 1570-162X
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Research Article

Pidotimod and Immunological Activation in Individuals Infected with HIV

Author(s): Claudio Ucciferri, Katia Falasca*, Marcella Reale, Manuela Tamburro, Antonio Auricchio, Francesca Vignale and Jacopo Vecchiet

Volume 19, Issue 3, 2021

Published on: 11 January, 2021

Page: [260 - 268] Pages: 9

DOI: 10.2174/1570162X18666210111102046

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Abstract

Background: The improvements in HIV infection therapy and the large availability of antiretroviral drugs have led to an increased survival among HIV infected people, and simultaneously to a raised morbidity and mortality due to not-AIDS-related events in this group compared to the general population. An increased systemic inflammation and a persistent immune activation play a pivotal role in determining high rates of non-AIDS comorbidities. In the last years, many natural or synthetic immunomodulatory molecules acting by different mechanisms have been conceived. Pidotimod is a synthetic dipeptide molecule showing immunomodulatory properties. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the effects of Pidotimod supplementation on residual inflammation in HIV infected population.

Methods: Forty HIV positive individuals under cART were enrolled: 30 were treated with Pidotimod supplementation (study group) and 10 served as control group (without Pidotimod supplementation). For all participants, Cystatin C, PCR, ESR, microalbuminuria, TNF-α, INF-γ, IL-4, IL-10, IL1β, IL-18 and IL-2 were measured at enrolment (T0), 4 weeks after of Pidotimod supplementation (T1), and 4 weeks after completing supplementation (T2).

Results: In HIV positive participants treated with Pidotimod, the evaluation of cytokine levels showed that IL-10, IFN gamma, and IL-4 were significantly higher at enrolment compared to the control group. The increase under Pidotimod treatment persisted after supplementation suspension, while the pro-inflammatory cytokines levels were reduced. Salivary IgA also increased during 4 weeks of supplementation and persisted at 4 weeks after completing supplementation. On the other hand, the Cystatin C and microalbuminuria levels decreased over time, at a greater extent the Cystatin C serum levels.

Conclusion: The study findings showed that the HIV population receiving Pidotimod achieved a rebalancing of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines as well as a significant reduction in cystatin C levels. The treatment further allowed for an increase in salivary IgA levels at all the analyzed times, as a secondary event to a remodulation of the immunological status obtained with pidotimod. This approach could represent a new way to design new intervention strategies aimed at improving the persistent immune activation status in the virologically suppressed HIV population.

Keywords: Supplementation, AIDS, cytokines, immunostimulatory, inflammation, immunological rebalancing.

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