Background: Leptin, adiponectin, and resistin may play an important role in the development
of lipodystrophy (LD) in HIV/AIDS patients. The aim of this study was to correlate levels of …

Background Metabolic and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) represent a major problem in
HIV infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of HIV infection and …

HIV protease inhibitors are key components of HIV antiretroviral therapies, which are
fundamental in the treatment of HIV infection. However, the protease inhibitors are well …

Background. Taking into consideration the aging of HIV infected individuals, changes in the
metabolism aggravated by the antiretroviral therapy significantly impact their health …

Patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus exhibit many risk factors like
atherosclerosis, endothelial dysfunction and hypertension for cardiovascular disease. As the …

Introdução: A leptina é um hormônio essencial no controle da homeostase energética, cuja
produção e ação podem estar alteradas em pacientes com lipodistrofia. Sua síntese ocorre …

HIV-infected individuals are at high risk for abnormal glucose metabolism, speculated to be
multifactorial in etiology, including, but not limited to, the effects of HIV infection itself …

Nearly 25 years ago, an adipokine called leptin was discovered. Leptin, from the greek
leptos (“thin”), is a 16-kDa protein with 167 amino acid residues, encoded by the Lep gene …

Aim and objectives: Effect of treatment switch from first line to second line anti-HIV regimens
oncardiac function parameters, lipid profile composition and body weightin albino Wistar rats …

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of cell signaling negative regulatory factor
3 (SOCS3) on differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) in …