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HIV/antiretroviral therapy-related lipodystrophy syndrome (HALS) is associated with higher RBP4 and lower omentin in plasma.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jul 2015
Peraire J, López-Dupla M, Alba V, Beltrán-Debón R, Martinez E, Domingo P, Asensi V, Leal M, Viladés C, Inza M-I, Escoté X, Arnedo M, Mateo G, Valle-Garay E, Ferrando-Martinez S, Veloso S, Vendrell J, Gatell J Ma, Vidal F
Abstract excerpt
Very little information is available on the involvement of newly characterized adipokines in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/antiretroviral therapy (ART)-associated lipodystrophy syndrome (HALS). Our aim was to determine whether apelin, apelin receptor, omentin, RBP4, vaspin and visfatin genetic variants and plasma levels are associated with HALS. We performed a cross-sectional multicentre study that involved...
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