Antiretroviral therapy for HIV and intrahepatic hepatitis C virus replication

Conclusion: These are the first data to show that ART control of HIV reduces the intrahepatic burden of HCV. Furthermore, our data suggest that HIV affects the pathogenesis of HCV infection by an NK/NK T-cell-mediated mechanism that may involve HLA-E and can be rescued, at least in part, by ART.
Source: AIDS - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: BASIC SCIENCE Source Type: research