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. 2021 Feb 28;13:100235. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100235

Table 1.

Evidence of oxidative stress and antioxidant response in PLWH with or without neurocognitive impairment.

Reference Tissue Analysis methods Virally suppressed? Oxidative stress markers Classification of PLWH
(Zhang et al., 2012) Ex vivo frontal cortex tissue In situ immunofluorescence No ↑8-oxoG “HAND” or “non-HAND”
HIV- control
(Ginsberg et al., 2018) Ex vivo microglia and macrophage Single population microarray analysis On and off ART at time of death ↓SOD1 “HIVE” or “HIV+NoE”
↓SOD2 HIV- control
(Kallianpur et al., 2016) PBMCs and brain tissue MRI, PCR ART treated ↑mtDNA 8-oxoG α ↓hippocampus volume Domain specific Z scores
(Sitole et al., 2019) Serum Untargeted metabonomic analysis < one year on ART ↑aspartic acid HIV+
↑phenylalanine
↑glutamic acid HIV- control
(Castagna et al., 1995) CSF Immunostaining Unknown ↓GSH HIV+ with/without neurological impairment
(Velázquez et al., 2009) CSF ELISA >70% participants on ART ↓SOD2 activity in neurologically impaired “HAND” or “non-HAND”
HIV- control
(Bandaru et al., 2007) CSF Electrospray ionization tandem mass-spectrometry No ↑4-HNE MSK scores – HIV dementia
↑Vit E HIV- control
(Sacktor et al., 2004) Ex vivo brain tissue Immunohistochemistry Unknown ↑4-HNE MSK scores – HIV dementia
↑Vit E
↑Sphingomyelins
↑Ceramides HIV- control
(Guha et al., 2019a) CSF Electron microscopy ART treated ↑Extracellular vesicles “HAND” or “non-HAND”
Immunoblotting ↑NFL
Untargeted mass spectrometry HIV- control
(Guha et al., 2019b) CSF
U87 astrocytes
Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from CSF and U87 astrocytes ART treated ↑GPx1 “HAND (ANI, MND, HAD)” or “non-HAND”
↑SOD1
↑SOD2
↑SOD3
↑GSR HIV- control
(Turchan et al., 2003) Ex vivo brain tissue
CSF
Immunostaining Unknown ↑Protein carbonyls HIVE
HIV- control

ART: antiretroviral therapy; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid; Gpx1: glutathione peroxidase 1; GSH: glutathione; GSR: glutathione reductase; HAND: HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders; HNE: 4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; MSK: Memorial Sloan Kettering scale; NFL: neurofilament light chain; PCR: polymerase chain reaction; SOD: superoxide dismutase.