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Systemic Inflammation, Coagulation, and Clinical Risk in the START Trial
Author(s) -
Jason V. Baker,
Shweta Sharma,
Birgit Grund,
Adam Rupert,
Julia A. Metcalf,
Mauro Schechter,
Paula Munderi,
Inka Aho,
Sean Emery,
Abdel Babiker,
Andrew Phillips,
Jens Lundgren,
James D. Neaton,
H. Clifford Lane
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx262
Subject(s) - medicine , biomarker , systemic inflammation , proportional hazards model , clinical trial , randomization , antiretroviral therapy , inflammation , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral load , immunology , biochemistry , chemistry
These data, combined with evidence from prior biomarker studies, demonstrate that IL-6 and D-dimer consistently predict clinical risk across a broad spectrum of CD4 counts for those both ART-naïve and treated. Research is needed to identify disease-modifying treatments that target inflammation beyond the effects of ART.

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