Single-cell analysis of adipose tissue T cells in diabetic persons with HIV reveals high proportions of clonally expanded CMV-like CD4+ T cells with cytotoxic RNA transcriptomes
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ABSTRACT: Persons with HIV have a disproportionate burden of metabolic disease, including type 2 diabetes. We hypothesized that the accumulation of chronically activated T cells in the adipose tissue of HIV+ persons is a central mechanism promoting local macrophage activation, impaired adipocyte function, and the development of HIV-associated glucose intolerance. Prior studies of immune activation and HIV-associated metabolic disease have only measured circulating T cell subsets. In contrast, in our study we recruited a longitudinal cohort of HIV+ patients on antiretroviral therapy ranging from insulin sensitive to overtly diabetic, in addition to HIV-negative diabetic controls, to identify potential mechanistic linkages between adipose-resident T cell cytokine signaling, adipose tissue inflammation, and glucose intolerance in HIV+ persons. This study may also provide further insight into the role of T cells in the development of glucose intolerance in HIV-negative patients.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE159759 | GEO | 2020/10/22
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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