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Background  Tobacco smoking induces immunomodulatory and pro-inflammatory effects associated with transcriptome changes in monocytes and other immune cell types. While smoking is prevalent in HIV-infected (HIV+) individuals, few studies have investigated its effects on gene expression in this population. Here, we report whole-transcriptome analyses of 125 peripheral blood monocyte samples from ART-treated HIV+ and uninfected (HIV−) men enrolled in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) ( n =  25 HIV+ smokers,  n  = 60 HIV+ non-smokers,  n  = 40 HIV− non-smoking controls). Gene expression profiling was performed using Illumina HumanHT-12 Expression BeadChip microarrays. Differential expression analysis was performed with weighted linear regression models using the R  limma  package, followed by functional enrichment and Ingenuity Pathway analyses.    Results  A total of 286 genes were differentially expressed in monocytes from HIV+ smokers compared with HIV− non-smokers; upregulated genes ( n  = 180) were enriched for immune and interferon response, chemical/stress response, mitochondria, and extracellular vesicle gene ontology (GO) terms. Expression of genes related to immune/interferon responses ( AIM2 ,  FCGR1A-B ,  IFI16 ,  SP100 ), stress/chemical responses ( APAF1 ,  HSPD1 ,  KLF4 ), and mitochondrial function ( CISD1 ,  MTHFD2 ,  SQOR ) was upregulated in HIV+ non-smokers and further increased in HIV+ smokers. Gene expression changes associated with smoking in previous studies of human monocytes were also observed ( SASH1 ,  STAB1 ,  PID1 ,  MMP25 ). Depressive symptoms (CES-D scores ≥ 16) were more prevalent in HIV+ tobacco smokers compared with HIV+ and HIV− non-smokers (50% vs. 26% and 13%, respectively;  p  = 0.007), and upregulation of immune/interferon response genes, including  IFI35 ,  IFNAR1 ,  OAS1-2 ,  STAT1 , and  SP100 , was associated with depressive symptoms in logistic regression models adjusted for HIV status and smoking ( p  < 0.05). Network models linked the Stat1-mediated interferon pathway to transcriptional regulator Klf4 and smoking-associated toll-like receptor scaffolding protein Sash1, suggesting inter-relationships between smoking-associated genes, control of monocyte differentiation, and interferon-mediated inflammatory responses.    Conclusions  This study characterizes immune, interferon, stress response, and mitochondrial-associated gene expression changes in monocytes from HIV+ tobacco smokers, and identifies augmented interferon and stress responses associated with depressive symptoms. These findings help to explain complex interrelationships between pro-inflammatory effects of HIV and smoking, and their combined impact on comorbidities prevalent in HIV+ individuals.

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Transcriptomic analysis of monocytes from HIV-positive men on antiretroviral therapy reveals effects of tobacco smoking on interferon and stress response systems associated with depressive symptoms