Disruption of gut homeostasis by opioids accelerates HIV disease progression

Cumulative studies during the past 30 years have established the correlation between opioid abuse and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Further studies also demonstrate that opioid addiction is associated with faster progression to AIDS in patients. Recently, it was revealed that disrupt...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Jingjing eMeng, Gregory M Sindberg, Sabita eRoy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Subjects:	gastrointestinal immunology HIV infection Opioids disease progression Gut homeostasis
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00643/full