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Research results from Boston University, Medical Department update knowledge of HIV/AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, January 18th, 2010

"The advent of HIV protease inhibitors has greatly extended the life span of AIDS patients. With an aging HIV+ population, the cardiometabolic side effects of these drugs are becoming increasingly important clinical concerns," scientists in the United States report.

"The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that inhibition of adipose lipolysis will retard atherogenic lesion development induced by the antiviral protease inhibitors. LDLR-null mice receiving ritonavir were compared with those receiving ritonavir plus lipolysis inhibitor acipimox or vehicle alone to determine how acipimox would affect ritonavir-induced atherogenesis. Intermittent high-fat...

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