| Literature DB >> 16470128 |
Eugènia Negredo1, Bonaventura Clotet, Jordi Puig, Núria Pérez-Alvarez, Lidia Ruiz, Joan Romeu, José Moltó, Celestino Rey-Joly, Julià Blanco.
Abstract
We conducted a pilot study to assess the effect of atorvastatin on HIV replication. Patients with stable HAART-controlled infection interrupted therapy and were randomly assigned to a control group or to start atorvastatin 40 or 80 mg/day. Statin groups showed lower serum cholesterol but similar viral loads and CD4 T-cell counts to the control group at weeks 4 and 12. Paradoxically, baseline serum cholesterol, but not atorvastatin, influenced viral rebound at week 4.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16470128 DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000210617.90954.0e
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS ISSN: 0269-9370 Impact factor: 4.177