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However, antiretroviral therapy (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ART<\/jats:styled-content>) \u2010naive <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content>\u20101 infection maintains the immune system in a sustained state of activation that could alter both Treg cell surface markers and functions. As Treg cell surface markers are directly linked to their functions the overall objective of this study was to determine how <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ART<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010naive <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content> infection affects the phenotypic properties of Treg cells. Our data showed that in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ART<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010naive <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content>\u20101 infection, Treg cells are dominated by effector (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>45<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RA<\/jats:styled-content><jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\u00a0<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>27<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>\u00a0<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CCR<\/jats:styled-content>7<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>62L<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>) and effector memory (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>45<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RA<\/jats:styled-content><jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>\u00a0<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>27<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>\u00a0<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CCR<\/jats:styled-content>7<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>\u00a0<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>62L<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>) cells. In contrast Treg cells from <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010negative individuals were mainly naive (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>45<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RA<\/jats:styled-content><jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\u00a0<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>27<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\u00a0<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CCR<\/jats:styled-content>7<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\u00a0<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>62L<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>) and central memory (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>45<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RA<\/jats:styled-content><jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>27<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\u00a0<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CCR<\/jats:styled-content>7<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\u00a0<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>62L<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>) cells. Whereas effector and effector memory Treg cells showed enhanced expression of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>39 (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;\u00a00\u00b705), <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>73 (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0\u00b7001), <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HLA<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DR<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>38 (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0\u00b7001); naive and central memory Treg cells showed a significant reduction in the expression of these markers. Overall Treg cell frequencies within total <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>4<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> T cells correlated positively with plasmatic <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content>\u20101 viral load. As increased viral load is associated with augmented <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>4<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> T\u2010cell destruction; this could suggest a resistance of peripheral Treg cells to <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content>\u20101 destruction. 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