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Polymorphisms in LPL, CETP, and HL protect HIV-infected patients from atherogenic dyslipidemia in an allele-dose-dependent manner.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Sept 2015
Guardiola Montse, Echeverria Patricia, González Marta, Vallvé Joan C, Puig Jordi, Clotet Bonaventura, Ribalta Josep, Negredo Eugènia
Abstract excerpt
HIV-infected patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may be predisposed to a lipid profile, associated with increased cardiovascular risk, derived from having high triglycerides (TG) and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc) levels. We propose that genetic variability leaves some HIV-infected patients more predisposed to this lipid profile than others. We performed a...
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