… we implicated resistin in the susceptibility to HIV lipodystrophy. Resistin was cloned as an
adipocyte hormone that links obesity and insulin resistance [11] . Increased resistin resulted in …

… we were also able to observe that resistin levels were correlated with the presence of LA in
… any study in HIV-positive patients showing any sex-related differences in resistin levels. The …

… We also observed a weak but a significant increase in plasma resistin levels in patients
without lipodystrophy, compared with those with lipodystrophy. Metabolic abnormalities do not …

… may play an important role in the development of lipodystrophy (LD) in HIV/AIDS … levels of
leptin, adiponectin, and resistin between HIV/AIDS patients with LD and without lipodystrophy (…

… an insulin sensitizer, but no correlation between resistin and insulin resistance or markers of
… mean resistin levels of HIV subjects with and without HIVLD in a cross sectional study of HIV …

… fat reduction in HIV lipoatrophy was associated with low leptin plasma levels, and visceral …
-L also exhibited positive associations between resistin levels and duration of HIV-infection, as …

… and resistin are involved in many metabolic pathways. Patients with HIV infection and
lipodystrophy have low adiponectin levels… Genetic analysis implicates resistin in HIV …

… lipodystrophy as at least one characteristic of lipoatrophy and one of lipohypertrophy
concomitantly present in a given patient. Lipodystrophy … indicated the degree of lipodystrophy: nil …

… lacked a HAART-treated HIV-1-positive control group without lipodystrophy. Thus, it …
lipodystrophy, antiretroviral drugs, or HIV-1 per se. Recently, in a study comparing HIV-negative, HIV-…

… end of the study, we found an increase in plasma resistin levels and significant increases
in total plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1, adiponectin, and leptin levels (P<0.05). We also …