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The principal objective is to define and compare the viral reservoir, mucosal immune responses and the microbiota of different HIV infection stages; viremic, aviremic (under treatment), natural elite controllers; The secondary objective is to compare the mucosal immune response and microbiota of HIV patients with the healthy control population of Milieu Interieur;
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Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) efficiently suppresses viral replication HIV persists in CD4+ T cells in a form that is neither targeted by the immune system nor by ART, the complete eradication of replication competent HIV or the establishment of a long term remission state in infected individuals represents an outstanding challenge.
The persistence of reservoirs has been mainly linked to the survival and clonal expansion of pools of long lived infected memory CD4+ T cells and to low level viral replication in tissues where ART penetration may be incomplete. One such tissue may be mucosal surfaces which are challenging to study in human populations.
As part of the Milieu Interieur project, coordinated by Institut Pasteur, investigators have developed and validated a standardized approach for sampling the nasal mucosa. From this simple sampling procedure it is possible to analyze both the local mucosal host immune response at the proteomic and metabolomic level, and also the mucosal microbial flora.
As part of Milieu Interieur investigators have defined these diverse phenotypes for a subset of donors and are currently extending the analysis to the 1,000 healthy donors cohort that will give reference range values for the nasal mucosa.
Investigators wish to compare with relevant patient groups, in particular HIV infected individuals to see how infection, treatment, and natural host control may differentially impact the mucosal immune response and viral reservoir
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Chronic HIV-1 infected subjects followed in Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology in Bicetre Hospital
Healthy male or female aged between 20 and 69 (included) years
Whatever the clinical status and the lymphocytes T CD4+
Patients treatment-naive or under ARV treatment whatever the molecules
3 groups of patients, according to their HIV1 viral loads
Subject considered to be free on the day of study of an acute condition or infection that may interfere with the results of the study, based on the clinical examination performed by the investigator
Caucasian and Sub Saharan patients -18,5 ≤ BMI ≤ 32 kg/m²
Subjects who, according to the investigator, can and will comply with the requirements of the protocol and are available for the scheduled visit at the investigational site. Ability to give their informed consent in writing
Affiliated to the French social security or assimilated regimens
Exclusion criteria
Participation in another clinical study in the last 3 months
Travel in (sub-) tropical countries within the last 3 months
Pregnant women
Infectious diseases:
Severe/chronic/recurrent pathological conditions, among them:
Severe acute/chronic allergy
Chronic administration (defined as more than 14 days) of immunosuppressants or other immune-modifying drugs within the 6 months prior to the inclusion. For corticosteroids, this will mean a dose equivalent to 20 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent for > 2 weeks (inhaled and topical steroids allowed)
Chronic administration of NSAIDs, including aspirin: prolonged intake (> 2 weeks) within 6 months before study
Receipt of blood products or immunoglobulins within 3 months prior the inclusion or planning to receive blood products or immunoglobulins during the study
Hemoglobin measurement less than 10.0 g/dL for women and less than 11.5 g/dL for men
Platelet count less than 120.000/mm3
ALAT and/or ASAT > 3 times the upper limit of the norm (ULN)
Receipt of any vaccination 3 months before the inclusion
Alcohol abuse (more than 50 g of pure ethanol per day: for example, more than 4 x 150 mL glasses of wine, more than 4 x 250 mL glasses of beer, more than 4 x 40 mL glasses of high alcohol content drinks
Illicit drug use or substance abuse within 3 months prior to inclusion
110 participants in 3 patient groups
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Cécile Goujard, Pr
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