Mitochondrial haplogroup H is related to CD4+ T cell recovery in HIV infected patients starting combination antiretroviral therapy

Abstract Background The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) seems to influence in a large number of diseases, including HIV infection. Moreover, there is a substantial inter-individual variability in the CD4+ recovery in HIV-infected patients on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). Our study aimed to an...

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Main Authors: Luz M. Medrano, Mónica Gutiérrez-Rivas, Julià Blanco, Marcial García, María A. Jiménez-Sousa, Yolanda M. Pacheco, Marta Montero, José Antonio Iribarren, Enrique Bernal, Onofre Juan Martínez, José M. Benito, Norma Rallón, Salvador Resino, CoRIS and the HIV Biobank integrated in the Spanish AIDS Research Network Project RIS/EPICLIN 10_2015
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12967-018-1717-y