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2024
Detection of HHV-5 HHV-6a HHV-6b and HHV-7 in the urine: potential use as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for immune profiling
Detection of HHV-5 HHV-6a HHV-6b and HHV-7 in the urine: potential use as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for immune profiling
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Decline in immune function with age has been studied extensively, but approaches to immune restoration have been hampered by the lack of simple methods of identifying individuals whose immune system is in decline. Our approach has been to identify individuals whose immune decline has led to a loss of control of common latent viral infections and their consequent reactivation. Viruses excreted in urine were detected and quantified and we believe this approach could provide a 'surrogate marker' for identifying immune compromised individuals. Here we report the detection of human herpes virus (HHV) 5, 6a, 6b and 7 in the urine of healthy individuals over a wide age range and their correlation with T cell receptor excision circle (TREC) data. The results did not show a clear correlation between TREC values and the detection of individual specific viruses or viral load values when measured singly. However, a correlation was found between low TREC values and the detection of several different human herpes viruses in the urine in males. We present evidence suggesting that for males, the detection of three or more different human herpes viruses in the urine could identify individuals with declining immune function as evidenced by their significantly lower TREC levels.
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Immunity & ageing, 21 (2024), 1, 84.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12979-024-00490-9.
ISSN: 1742-4933
London : BioMed Central
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Govind, S., Lang, P. O., Bürkle, A., Moreno-Villanueva, M., Franceschi, C., Capri, M., Bernard, J., Weinberger, B., Grubeck-Loebenstein, B., Fiegl, S., Gonos, E. S., Sikora, E., Jansen, E., Dollé, M. E. T., Grune, T., Breusing, N., & Aspinall, R. (2024). Detection of HHV-5 HHV-6a HHV-6b and HHV-7 in the urine: potential use as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for immune profiling. Immunity & ageing, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12979-024-00490-9
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@article{Govind2024,
doi = {10.1186/s12979-024-00490-9},
author = {Govind, Shelia and Lang, Pierre Olivier and Bürkle, Alexander et al.},
title = {Detection of HHV-5 HHV-6a HHV-6b and HHV-7 in the urine: potential use as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for immune profiling},
journal = {Immunity & Ageing},
year = {2024},
volume = {21},
number = {1},
}