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Role of LTA4H Polymorphism in Tuberculosis-Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Occurrence and Clinical Severity in Patients Infected with HIV.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Narendran Gopalan, Kavitha Dhanasekaran, Karunaianantham Ramesh, Gil-Santana Leonardo, Almeida-Junior Jilson L, Reddy Sirasanambatti Devarajulu, Kumar Marimuthu Makesh, Hemalatha Haribabu, Jayanthi Nagesh Nalini, Ravichandran Narayanan, Krishnaraja Raja, Prabhakar Angamuthu, Manoharan Tamizhselvan, Nithyananthan Lokeswaran, Arjunan Gunasundari, Natrajan Mohan, Swaminathan Soumya, Andrade Bruno B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is an inflammatory phenomenon complicating HIV management in coincidental tuberculosis (TB) infection, upon immune reconstitution driven by antiretroviral therapy (ART). Leukotriene A4 hydroxylase (LTA4H), an enzyme which converts LTA4 to LTB4, regulates the balance between the anti-inflammatory lipoxins and...
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