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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 109, No. 4, 2014, pp. 484-487
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Bioline Code: oc14074
Full paper language: English
Document type: Short Communication
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 109, No. 4, 2014, pp. 484-487
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In vivo assessment of antiretroviral therapy-associated side effects
Ramos-Sanchez, Eduardo Milton; Goto, Hiro; Rivero, Dolores Helena Rodriguez Ferreira; Mauad, Thais; de Souza, Fernando Nogueira; Monteiro, Andrea Moreira & Gidlund, Magnus
Abstract
Antiretroviral therapy has been associated with side effects, either from the drug itself or in conjunction with the
effects of human immunodeficiency virus infection. Here, we evaluated the side effects of the protease inhibitor (PI)
indinavir in hamsters consuming a normal or high-fat diet. Indinavir treatment increased the hamster death rate and
resulted in an increase in triglyceride, cholesterol and glucose serum levels and a reduction in anti-oxLDL autoantibodies.
The treatment led to histopathological alterations of the kidney and the heart. These results suggest that
hamsters are an interesting model for the study of the side effects of antiretroviral drugs, such as PIs.
Keywords
metabolic disorders; protease inhibitor; HIV
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