HIV-1 Infection Accelerates Age According to the Epigenetic Clock
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HIV-1 Infection Accelerates Age According to the Epigenetic Clock
BACKGROUND Infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) is associated with clinical symptoms of accelerated aging, as evidenced by the increased incidence and diversity of age-related illnesses at relatively young ages and supporting findings of organ and cellular pathologic analyses. But it has been difficult to detect an accelerated aging effect at a molecular level. METHODS Her...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv277