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SUBMITTER: Panigrahi S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4813739 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Panigrahi Soumya S Freeman Michael L ML Funderburg Nicholas T NT Mudd Joseph C JC Younes Souheil A SA Sieg Scott F SF Zidar David A DA Paiardini Mirko M Villinger Francois F Calabrese Leonard H LH Ransohoff Richard M RM Jain Mukesh K MK Lederman Michael M MM
The Journal of infectious diseases 20151215 9
<h4>Background</h4>Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with increased risk of thromboembolic and cardiovascular comorbid conditions. Although systemic inflammation is linked to cardiovascular risk, direct evidence of vascular inflammation and endothelial dysfunction is lacking.<h4>Methods</h4>We examined by immunofluorescence microscopy thoracic aortas from 16 simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)- or simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV)-infected and 16 uninfected rhes ...[more]