Stress management and immune system reconstitution in symptomatic HIV-infected gay men over time: Effects on transitional naive T cells (CD4 +CD45RA+CD29+)

  • Michael H. Antoni
  • , Dean G. Cruess
  • , Nancy Klimas
  • , Kevin Maher
  • , Stacy Cruess
  • , Mahendra Kumar
  • , Susan Lutgendorf
  • , Gail Ironson
  • , Neil Schneiderman
  • , Mary Ann Fletcher

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Abstract

Objective: Changes in immunologic status were evaluated in 25 HIV-infected men randomly assigned to a 10-week stress management intervention or a wait-list control condition. Method: The authors monitored changes in number of transitional naive T cells (CD4+CD45RA+CD29+) over 6-12 months after the completion of the intervention. Results: Men receiving stress management had higher CD4+ CD45RA +CD29+ cell counts at follow-up than did the control subjects. This difference was independent of initial number of naive T cells and HIV virus load. Conclusions: Stress management is associated with immunologic reconstitution in HIV-positive gay men.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)143-145
Number of pages3
JournalAmerican Journal of Psychiatry
Volume159
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2002
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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