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Protein S deficiency in men with long-term human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Abstract
Decreases in protein S levels have recently been reported in some human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. To examine predisposing factors, 25 men randomly selected from a long-term study of HIV-infected patients were studied. The minimum mean duration of HIV seropositivity in this group was 106.6 months (range 15 to 143 months). No patients were anticoagulated at the time of the study. Three of the 25 randomly selected patients gave a history of thrombosis, in each instance occurring after the onset of HIV positivity. Two of the 3 patients with thrombosis had more than one episode. Coagulation studies showed that 3 of 3 (100%) of the patients with thrombosis and 16 of 22 (72.7%) of those without previous thrombosis had decreased free protein S. Mean-free and total protein S levels were statistically lower for HIV-infected patients with and without previous thrombosis compared with healthy male controls. C4b-binding protein was not increased in study patients with decreased protein S levels. Decreases in protein S levels did not correlate with CD4+ cell levels, CDC class, p24 antigen positivity, zidovudine (AZT) use, or Pneumocystis carinii prophylaxis. The duration of disease statistically correlated with decreases in protein S levels (r = .37, P < .05). A linear correlation existed between increasing IgG anticardiolipin antibody levels and decreasing free protein S antigen (r = .67, P < .005). This study shows that protein S deficiency is common in long-term HIV-infected patients and is caused by a decrease in the free protein, rather than by changes in the bound complex. The data suggest that protein S deficiency is not correlated with HIV disease severity but may predispose patients to thromboembolic complications.
AuthorsC P Stahl, C S Wideman, T J Spira, E C Haff, G J Hixon, B L Evatt
JournalBlood (Blood) Vol. 81 Issue 7 Pg. 1801-7 (Apr 01 1993) ISSN: 0006-4971 [Print] United States
PMID8461466 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M
Topics
  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Anticardiolipin (blood)
  • Blood Coagulation Tests
  • Chronic Disease
  • HIV Infections (blood, complications)
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G (blood)
  • Immunoglobulin M (blood)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Protein S Deficiency
  • Random Allocation
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Thromboembolism (blood, complications)

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