Micronutrient supplementation increases CD4 count in HIV-infected individuals on highly active antiretroviral therapy: A prospective, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial
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A prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial is used to examine the immunological, metabolic and clinical effects of broad-spectrum micronutrient supplementation in HIV-infected patients taking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Micronutrient supplementation is found to improve the CD4 cell count reconstitution in HIV-infected patients taking HAART.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2006
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Immune success and immune failure in HIV infection: Implications for therapeutic intervention
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A collaborative clinical research study was described where the extent of CD4 T-cell loss caused by HIV replication was assessed in antiretroviral-naive patients. The inclusion criteria for this study were confirmed HIV infection, baseline plasma HIV-RNA, CD4 cell measurements, and at least 1 visit after 'baseline' when the CD4 cell count was measured.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2006
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gp 120-Independent HIV infection of cells derived from the female reproductive tract, brain and colon
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The epithelial and glioneuronal cell lines derived from the female reproductive tract, brain, colon and intestine were infected using HIV clones carrying the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP). Results from the infection reveal that HIV can traverse epithelial cell layers by infecting them through a gp 120-independent mechanism.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2006
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