Antiretroviral
Researchers from University Hospital report recent findings in antiretroviral
Published in AIDS Weekly, February 15th, 2010
"Studies carried Out to assess the effects of antiretroviral drugs (ARV) in HIV-1 infected pregnant women have demonstrated carbohydrate intolerance. Some reports also refer to the effect of disturbances in the expression of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system on pancreas beta-cell function in humans and IGF-2/ApaI polymorphisms have been associated with obesity and features of the metabolic syndromes. in the present study, we tested the association between IGF-2/ApaI genotype and hyperglycemia in HIV-1 infected pregnant women receiving ARV," researchers in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil report.
"We studied IGF-2/ApaI polymorphism in 87 healthy pregnant women, 43 HIV-1...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2010-02-15)
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