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JAIDS: 9/30/97 Miami, FL (9/30/97) - A deficiency of selenium, an essential trace element for maintaining a healthy immune system, has a profound effect on survival in HIV-infected men and women, report researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine Center for Disease Prevention in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The researchers, led by UM Psychiatry Professor Marianna K. Baum, found that HIV-1 infected patients with selenium deficiency were 19.9 times more likely to die of HIV-related causes than those with adequate selenium levels. The results of this NIH-funded study in 125 infected men and women demonstrate that selenium plays a critical role in HIV-1 disease. The researchers also found that while other nutrients (vitamins A, B12, and zinc) affect survival, these nutrients produce a substantially lower risk for mortality. In fact, when the nutrients were examined together, selenium had the strongest impact on mortality. The authors suggest that the striking relationship between selenium deficiency and mortality could be related to selenium's anti oxidant function and/or action in gene regulation which may affect HIV replication. As proposed in a report by Dr. Will Taylor of the University of Georgia, published in the same issue of the Journal of AIDS, selenium, as part of selenoproteins, could have an important role in regulating HIV expression. He has proposed a novel viral mechanism that contributes to a decline in selenium levels, accelerating disease progression; while adequate selenium would be expected to prevent HIV replication, and thus delay the course of disease progression. Based on this research, Dr. Baum's team is developing a study to determine whether selenium treatment can slow disease progression and improve survival over time in HIV-infected men and women. The study has been approved and is under consideration for funding by the NIH, including the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Fogarty International Center.
Background
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