Antiretroviral-Related Adipocyte Dysfunction and Lipodystrophy in HIV-Infected Patients: Alteration of the PPARγ-Dependent Pathways
Lipodystrophy and metabolic alterations are major complications of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients. In vitro studies using cultured murine and human adipocytes revealed that some protease inhibitors (PIs) and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) were implicated to a di...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2009-01-01
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Series: | PPAR Research |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/507141 |