HIV-1 Infection Accelerates Age According to the Epigenetic Clock

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BACKGROUND: Infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) is associated with clinical symptoms of accelerated aging, as evidenced by the increased incidence and diversity of age-related illnesses at relatively young ages and supporting findings of organ and cellular pathologic analyses. But it has been difficult to detect an accelerated aging effect at a molecular level. METHODS: Here, we used an...

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