Cannabis Use by People with HIV is Associated with an Anti-Inflammatory Immunometabolic Phenotype in Monocyte-Derived Macrophages
Mary K. Ford, Peter W. Halcrow, Anna Elizabeth Laird, Bryant Avalos, Ali Boustani, Matthew Spencer, Jack Melcher, Kyle C. Walter, Derek Hong, Gail Funk, Elizabeth G. Searson, Alexandra Anh Le, Ronald J. Ellis, Scott Lee Letendre, Maria Cecília Garibaldi Marcondes, , Jerel Adam Fields
This study finds that daily cannabis use in people with HIV is linked to an anti-inflammatory immunometabolic phenotype in macrophages, associated with reduced neurocognitive deficits.
Journal of Neuroinflammation · Apr 17, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology