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Beyond traditional criteria: CRP and fibrinogen as biomarkers of metabolic syndrome in ART-treated people living with HIV and their association with HIF-1α rs11549465.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2026
Đorđević Nemanja, Ranin Jovan, Gmizić Ivana, Ljujić Biljana, Marković Marko, Rajković Ivan, Ranin Jovana, Raković Ivana, Sekulić Marković Sofija, Popovska Jovičić Biljana
Abstract excerpt
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is highly prevalent among people living with HIV (PLWH) receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) and is driven by persistent low-grade inflammation. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α) polymorphisms may influence inflammatory pathways underlying MS. This study investigated the association of the rs11549465 HIF-1α polymorphism with inflammatory markers and MS in PLWH receiving ART. We...
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- Humans
- Fibrinogen
- C-Reactive Protein
