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SUBMITTER: Conesa-Buendia FM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7278965 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Conesa-Buendía Francisco Miguel FM Llamas-Granda Patricia P Atencio Patricia P Cabello Alfonso A Górgolas Miguel M Largo Raquel R Herrero-Beaumont Gabriel G Mediero Aránzazu A
International journal of molecular sciences 20200519 10
Plasma levels of adenosine deaminase (ADA), an enzyme that deaminates adenosine to inosine, are increased during inflammation. An increase in ADA activity occurs with lower human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral load and higher CD4<sup>+</sup> T cell counts. We aimed to investigate the role of plasma ADA as a biomarker of inflammation in treatment-naïve HIV patients who received tenofovir or another nucleoside analog for comparison. Ninety-two treatment-naïve patients were included in the stud ...[more]