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Anti-inflammatory treatment with pentoxifylline improves HIV-related endothelial dysfunction: a pilot study.


ABSTRACT: We performed a single-arm, open-label pilot trial of the anti-inflammatory drug pentoxifylline to reduce systemic inflammation and improve endothelial function, measured by flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery, in HIV-infected patients not requiring antiretroviral therapy. Pentoxifylline significantly reduced circulating levels of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and interferon-gamma-induced protein and significantly improved endothelial function during the 8-week trial. Pentoxifylline may reverse HIV-related endothelial dysfunction by directly inhibiting the endothelial leukocyte adhesion pathway.

SUBMITTER: Gupta SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2891092 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Anti-inflammatory treatment with pentoxifylline improves HIV-related endothelial dysfunction: a pilot study.

Gupta Samir K SK   Johnson Raymond M RM   Mather Kieren J KJ   Clauss Matthias M   Rehman Jalees J   Saha Chandan C   Desta Zeruesenay Z   Dubé Michael P MP  

AIDS (London, England) 20100601 9


We performed a single-arm, open-label pilot trial of the anti-inflammatory drug pentoxifylline to reduce systemic inflammation and improve endothelial function, measured by flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery, in HIV-infected patients not requiring antiretroviral therapy. Pentoxifylline significantly reduced circulating levels of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and interferon-gamma-induced protein and significantly improved endothelial function during the 8-week trial. Pentoxifylline  ...[more]

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