The intestinal microbiota of AIDS/HIV patients were disordered, and there was a correlation between the amount of intestinal flora and the number of CD4+ T lymphocytes and the levels of TNF-α and IL-6.
To determine the rate of grade 4, potentially life-threatening events not attributable to AIDS, cardiovascular disease (CVD), or non-AIDS cancer among participants on antiretroviral therapy and to describe associations of these events with interleukin-6 (IL-6) and D-dimer.
The local release of vIL-6 may play some role in the plasmacytosis observed in bone marrow in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.HUM PATHOL 32:288-291.
Increased numbers of nodules of Nageotte in DRGs of AIDS patients were associated with detection of HIV-1 RNA by in situ hybridization and detection of IL-6 by immunohistochemistry.
Interleukin-6 production in high-grade B lymphomas: correlation with the presence of malignant immunoblasts in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and in human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative patients.