The impacts of tobacco and nicotine on HIV-1 infection, inflammation, and the blood-brain barrier in the central nervous system

AM Keane, TH Swartz - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) remains a persistent global health crisis. Even while
successfully virologically suppressed, people with HIV (PWH) experience a higher risk for …

Negative lifestyle factors specific to aging persons living with HIV and multimorbidity

WP Smith - Journal of the International Association of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The primary goal of medical care during the pre-antiretroviral therapy (ART) era was to keep
persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) alive, whereas since the advent of …

Exploring the associations of tobacco smoking and serum cotinine levels with selected inflammatory markers in adults with HIV in South Africa

N Peer, KA Nguyen, E Peprah, H Xu, TE Matsha… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study examined the associations between tobacco smoking and serum cotinine levels,
an objective biochemical measure of tobacco smoke exposure, with markers of …

The relationship of smoking and unhealthy alcohol use to the HIV care continuum among people with HIV in an integrated health care system

DD Satre, T Levine-Hall, SA Sterling… - Drug and alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Smoking tobacco and unhealthy alcohol use may negatively influence HIV care
continuum outcomes but have not been examined in combination. Methods Participants …

Nicotine is an immunosuppressant: implications for women's health and disease

AM White, AJ Craig, DL Richie, CL Corley… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
A plethora of evidence supports that nicotine, the primary alkaloid in tobacco products that is
generally accepted to be responsible for maintaining use, is immunoregulatory and may …

An update on drug–drug interactions between antiretroviral therapies and drugs of abuse in HIV systems

N Desai, L Burns, Y Gong, K Zhi, A Kumar… - Expert opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction While considerable progress has been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, to
date there has not been a cure, and millions of people around the world are currently living …

Neuroimaging the Neuropathogenesis of HIV

AH Boerwinkle, KL Meeker, P Luckett… - Current HIV/AIDS …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review highlights neuroimaging studies of HIV conducted
over the last 2 years and discusses how relevant findings further our knowledge of the …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in salivary proteome before and after cigarette smoking in smokers compared to sham smoking in nonsmokers: A pilot study

I Sinha, J Modesto, NM Krebs, AE Stanley… - Tobacco Induced …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS We employed the iTRAQ technique followed by Mass Spectrometry to identify
differentially expressed proteins in saliva of smokers and non-smokers after smoking …

Independent and combined effects of nicotine or chronic tobacco smoking and HIV on the brain: a review of preclinical and clinical studies

L Chang, H Liang, SR Kandel, JJ He - Journal of Neuroimmune …, 2020 - Springer
Tobacco smoking is highly prevalent among HIV-infected individuals. Chronic smokers with
HIV showed greater cognitive deficits and impulsivity, and had more psychopathological …

Cytochrome P450 2A6 is associated with macrophage polarization and is a potential biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma

T Jiang, A Zhu, C Yang, C Xu, D Yang, Z Lou… - FEBS Open …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cytochrome P450 2A6 (CYP2A6) is an important metabolic enzyme and is involved in the
progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, its specific function and the …