Association between Kaposi's sarcoma and atherosclerosis: implications for gammaherpesviruses and vascular disease
| Autor: | Dagmar Alber, Patrick Vallance, Cairistine Grahame-Clarke, Sebastian Lucas, Robert F. Miller |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Arteriosclerosis AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections Immunology Disease Gammaherpesvirinae medicine Animals Humans Immunology and Allergy Sarcoma Kaposi Kaposi's sarcoma Retrospective Studies biology Vascular disease business.industry virus diseases Herpesviridae Infections medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Infectious Diseases Atheroma Cardiovascular Diseases Herpesvirus 8 Human Cattle Autopsy Sarcoma business |
| Zdroj: | AIDS. 15:1902-1904 |
| ISSN: | 0269-9370 |
| Popis: | The treatment of HIV-positive patients with protease inhibitors has been suggested to increase their risk of atherosclerosis. The cause of this accelerated atherogenesis is unknown, but on the basis of previous studies we postulated that it could be linked to the presence of human herpesvirus-8. A retrospective analysis of post-mortem reports showed a strong correlation between Kaposi's sarcoma and the presence of atheroma. This hypothesis merits further investigation. |
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