Premature and accelerated ageing: HIV or HAART?

Premature and accelerated ageing: HIV or HAART?

Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) has significantly increased life expectancy of the HIV-positive population. Nevertheless, the average lifespan of HIV patients remains shorter compared to uninfected individuals. Immunosenescence, a current explanation for this difference invokes heavily...

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Main Authors: Reuben Luke Smith, Richard ede Boer, Stanley eBrul, Yelena V Budovskaya, Hans evan der Spek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
HIV
Mitochondria
C. elegans
immunosenescence
Premature ageing
Accelerated ageing
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2012.00328/full

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