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Long-term nonprogressors (LTNPs), sometimes also called elite controllers, are individuals infected with HIV, who maintain a CD4 count greater than 500 without antiretroviral therapy with a detectable viral load. Many of these patients have been HIV positive for 30 years without progressing to the point of needing to take medication in order not to develop AIDS. They have been the subject of a great deal of research, since an understanding of their ability to control HIV infection may lead to the development of immune therapies or a therapeutic vaccine. The classification "Long-term non-progressor" is not permanent, because some patients in this category have gone on to develop AIDS.

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  • Un controlador d'elit és, en termes d'immunologia, una persona que ha estat infectada pel virus de la sida però que sap que, sense necessitat de fàrmacs, mai arribarà a desenvolupar la malaltia, tot i que sí que la pot contagiar, gràcies a la presència al seu cos d'una quantitat extraordinària d'un tipus de cèl·lules del sistema immunitari. Els controladors d'elit es caracteritzen tenen a la sang una concentració d'alfa defensines deu vegades superior a la normal en una persona sana, cosa que fa que el virus no passi de 50 còpies per mil·lilitre de sang, mentre que en les persones amb una concentració normal d'alfa defensines, si no pren cap medicament ni fa cap tractament, la concentració de còpies assoleix un valor 1.000 vegades superior. A més, en els controladors d'elit el virus de la sida mai no arriba a passar la barrera de les alfa defensines, de manera que no aconsegueix atacar la resta del sistema immunològic. Cal ressaltar que sí que queda una petita quantitat de virus a la sang, i per tant els controladors d'elit són seropositius i poden contagiar la sida i transmetre-la als seus fills. Un 5% dels infectats per la sida són controladors d'elit. (ca)
  • Long-term nonprogressors (LTNPs), sometimes also called elite controllers, are individuals infected with HIV, who maintain a CD4 count greater than 500 without antiretroviral therapy with a detectable viral load. Many of these patients have been HIV positive for 30 years without progressing to the point of needing to take medication in order not to develop AIDS. They have been the subject of a great deal of research, since an understanding of their ability to control HIV infection may lead to the development of immune therapies or a therapeutic vaccine. The classification "Long-term non-progressor" is not permanent, because some patients in this category have gone on to develop AIDS. Long-term nonprogressors typically have viral loads under 10,000 copies /mL blood, do not take antiretrovirals, and have CD4+ counts within the normal range. Most people with HIV not on medication have viral loads which are much higher. It is estimated that around 1 in 500 people with HIV are long-term nonprogressors. Without the symptoms of AIDS, many LTNP patients may not know they are infected. Genetic traits that confer greater resistance or more robust immune response to HIV are thought to explain why LTNP patients are able to live much longer with HIV than patients who are not LTNP. Some LTNP are infected with a weakened or inactive form of HIV, but it is now known that many LTNP patients carry a fully virulent form of the virus. Genetic traits that may affect progression include: * Gene mutation: A mutation in the FUT2 gene affects the progression of HIV-1 infection. 20% of Europeans who have that mutation are called "non secretor" because of their absence of a certain type of antigen that also provides strong resistance against norovirus. * Mitochondrial DNA: Different mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in humans may increase or decrease rates of AIDS progression. Haplotypes associated with more loosely coupled mitochondrial respiration, with reduced ATP and ROS generation, have been associated with faster progression and vice versa. * Receptor mutations: A low percentage of long-term nonprogressors have been shown to have inherited mutations of the CCR5 receptor of T cell lymphocytes. HIV uses CCR5 to enter these cells. It is believed that the Δ32 (delta 32) variant of CCR5 impairs HIV ability to infect cells and cause disease. An understanding of this mechanism led to the development of a class of HIV medicines, the entry inhibitors. The presence of this mutation, however, is not a unifying theme among LTNPs and is observed in an exceedingly small number of these patients. * HLA type has also been correlated with long-term non-progressor cohorts. In particular, strong correlations have been found between possessing the class 1 HLA-B*5701, HLA-B*5703, and/or HLA-B*2705 alleles and ability to exert control over HIV. * Antibody production: All individuals with HIV make antibodies against the virus. In most patients, broadly neutralizing antibodies do not emerge until approximately 2–4 years after the initial infection. At this point, the latent reservoir has already been established and the presence of broadly neutralizing antibodies is not enough to prevent disease progression. In some rare patients, these antibodies emerge earlier and can result in a delayed disease course. These patients, however, are not typically classified as LTNPs, but rather as slow progressors, who will eventually develop AIDS. Induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies in healthy individuals is a potential strategy for a preventive HIV vaccine, as is the elicitation of these antibodies through rationally designed immunogens. Direct production of these antibodies in somatic tissue through plasmid transfection also poses a viable method for making these antibodies endogenously. * APOBEC3G protein production: In a small number of people infected with HIV, the virus is naturally suppressed without medical treatment. These people may carry high quantities of a protein called APOBEC3G that disrupts viral replication in cells. APOBEC3G, or "A3" for short, is a protein that sabotages reverse transcription, the process HIV relies on for its replication. This process involves the virus transcribing its single-stranded RNA genome into double-stranded DNA that is incorporated into the cell's genome. A3 usually stops dormant viruses in the human genome, called endogenous retroviruses, from reawakening and causing infections. The 'long-term nonprogressors' term is used for HIV carriers only but the wide term asymptomatic carrier is well known for many other infections. (en)
  • Les « asymptomatiques à long terme » (ALT) ou « non progresseurs à long terme » (NPLT, ou LTNP selon l'acronyme anglais), sont des patients séropositifs infectés par le VIH mais qui ne développent pas le SIDA et qui, en l'absence de tout traitement, gardent un taux de lymphocytes T4 (alias CD4) normal et stable ou presque sur un certain nombre d'années au moins. Cette notion, fondée sur un critère immunologique, est différente des « contrôleurs du VIH ». (fr)
  • Нонпрогрессоры — люди, у которых обнаружены антитела к ВИЧ, но которые на протяжении 15—20 лет не проявляют признаков болезни. Уровень клеток с рецепторами CD4 остаётся в пределах нормы. За весь срок наблюдения с момента открытия вируса их состояние остаётся нормальным. Следует отметить трудность интерпретации термина «нонпрогрессоры». В случае, если за время наблюдения у них будет обнаружено и вылечено, например, воспаление лёгких, то они из этой категории выбывают, так как заболевание считается ВИЧ-ассоциированным. Нонпрогрессоры составляют всего лишь от 0,2 % до 5 % людей, живущих с ВИЧ. Для нонпрогрессоров характерны несколько особенностей, которых нет у других ВИЧ-инфицированных людей: сильные иммунные цитотоксические реакции Т-лимфоцитов, генетические полиморфизмы в некоторых генах, связанных с иммунной системой, а также заражение ослабленными штаммами вируса и др. Исследователи ВИЧ и СПИДа полагают, что эти факторы обусловливают отсутствие у нонпрогрессоров СПИДа в течение долгого времени. Следует также отметить, что у значительной части нонпрогрессоров СПИД все же развивается, хотя и значительно позже, чем у других ВИЧ-инфицированных. Термин «нонпрогрессор» применяется исключительно к носителям ВИЧ, но само явление бессимптомного носительства широко известно для многих самых разных инфекций. (ru)
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  • Les « asymptomatiques à long terme » (ALT) ou « non progresseurs à long terme » (NPLT, ou LTNP selon l'acronyme anglais), sont des patients séropositifs infectés par le VIH mais qui ne développent pas le SIDA et qui, en l'absence de tout traitement, gardent un taux de lymphocytes T4 (alias CD4) normal et stable ou presque sur un certain nombre d'années au moins. Cette notion, fondée sur un critère immunologique, est différente des « contrôleurs du VIH ». (fr)
  • Un controlador d'elit és, en termes d'immunologia, una persona que ha estat infectada pel virus de la sida però que sap que, sense necessitat de fàrmacs, mai arribarà a desenvolupar la malaltia, tot i que sí que la pot contagiar, gràcies a la presència al seu cos d'una quantitat extraordinària d'un tipus de cèl·lules del sistema immunitari. Els controladors d'elit es caracteritzen tenen a la sang una concentració d'alfa defensines deu vegades superior a la normal en una persona sana, cosa que fa que el virus no passi de 50 còpies per mil·lilitre de sang, mentre que en les persones amb una concentració normal d'alfa defensines, si no pren cap medicament ni fa cap tractament, la concentració de còpies assoleix un valor 1.000 vegades superior. A més, en els controladors d'elit el virus de la (ca)
  • Long-term nonprogressors (LTNPs), sometimes also called elite controllers, are individuals infected with HIV, who maintain a CD4 count greater than 500 without antiretroviral therapy with a detectable viral load. Many of these patients have been HIV positive for 30 years without progressing to the point of needing to take medication in order not to develop AIDS. They have been the subject of a great deal of research, since an understanding of their ability to control HIV infection may lead to the development of immune therapies or a therapeutic vaccine. The classification "Long-term non-progressor" is not permanent, because some patients in this category have gone on to develop AIDS. (en)
  • Нонпрогрессоры — люди, у которых обнаружены антитела к ВИЧ, но которые на протяжении 15—20 лет не проявляют признаков болезни. Уровень клеток с рецепторами CD4 остаётся в пределах нормы. За весь срок наблюдения с момента открытия вируса их состояние остаётся нормальным. Следует отметить трудность интерпретации термина «нонпрогрессоры». В случае, если за время наблюдения у них будет обнаружено и вылечено, например, воспаление лёгких, то они из этой категории выбывают, так как заболевание считается ВИЧ-ассоциированным. Нонпрогрессоры составляют всего лишь от 0,2 % до 5 % людей, живущих с ВИЧ. (ru)
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  • Controladors d'elit (ca)
  • Asymptomatique à long terme (fr)
  • Long-term nonprogressor (en)
  • Нонпрогрессор (ru)
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