Nitric oxide levels in HIV-infected, untreated patients and HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy

• Published in: Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy Vol. 79; pp. 302 - 307
• Main Authors: Soccal, Renata Mezomo, de Carvalho, José Antonio Mainardi, Bochi, Guilherme Vargas, Moresco, Rafael Noal, da Silva, José Edson Paz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Elsevier Masson SAS 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; Case-Control Studies; CD4 Lymphocyte Count; Female; HAART; HIV; HIV Infections - drug therapy; Humans; Immunophenotyping; Internal Medicine; Liver - enzymology; Male; Medical Education; Nitric oxide; Nitric Oxide - metabolism; Regression Analysis; HIV; Nitric oxide; HAART

Abstract The role of nitric oxide (NO) in HIV infection is ambiguous; controversy exists around whether the levels of serum NO are increased or decreased in HIV-infected patients. Thus, it is necessary to reassess NO levels in HIV-infected patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the nitri...