Abstract
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is associated with a poorly understood lipodystrophic and hypertriglyceridaemic syndrome, which resembles Cushing's syndrome, but in which plasma cortisol is not elevated. We tested the hypothesis that this HAART-associated lipodystrophy is explained by increased local regeneration of cortisol from inactive cortisone within adipose tissue, catalysed by the enzyme 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11beta-HSD1).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1668-71 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Diabetologia |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 29 Sept 2004 |