Are autoimmune responses to the brain after stroke associated with worse outcome?
This study demonstrates that immune responses to brain antigens occur after stroke. Although these responses are likely to be an epiphenomenon of ischemic brain injury, the response to myelin basic protein appears to have clinical consequences. The potential role of postischemic autoimmune-mediated brain injury deserves further investigation.
Antiretroviral hair levels surpassed any other predictor of virologic outcomes to HIV treatment in a large cohort. Low antiretroviral exposure in hair may trigger interventions prior to failure or herald virologic failure in settings where measurement of viral loads is unavailable. Monitoring hair antiretroviral concentrations may be useful for prolonging regimen durability.