{"title":"Changes in Leptin to Adiponectin Ratio After Antiretroviral Therapy: A Pilot Observational Study.","authors":"Shinichi Hikasa, Shota Shimabukuro, Kyoko Hideta, Satoshi Higasa, Akihiro Sawada, Tazuko Tokugawa, Kuniyoshi Tanaka, Mina Yanai, Takeshi Kimura","doi":"10.2174/1570162X21666230327165902","DOIUrl":"10.2174/1570162X21666230327165902","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Weight gain with the use of dolutegravir, bictegravir, and tenofovir alafenamide for antiretroviral therapy has been reported. However, studies on changes in body composition and the leptin/adiponectin ratio after antiretroviral therapy initiation are limited. These factors are important because they can be used as indicators of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease risk.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the changes in waist circumference, body composition, and adipokine levels after the initiation of antiretroviral therapy consisting of dolutegravir, bictegravir, and tenofovir alafenamide and evaluate the relationships between these parameters in Japanese patients living with human immunodeficiency virus.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a single-center, prospective, observational study. Waist circumference, body composition, and adipokine levels were measured at baseline and 12 months after antiretroviral therapy initiation in antiretroviral therapy-naive Japanese patients living with human immunodeficiency virus. Body composition was determined by bioelectrical impedance analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 11 patients (10 bictegravir/TAF/emtricitabine, 1 dolutegravir/lamivudine) in this study. The results showed no significant changes in waist circumference and body composition among the patients. The leptin/adiponectin ratio and serum leptin levels significantly increased after antiretroviral therapy initiation. Changes in waist circumference, fat mass, and visceral fat area showed a strong positive correlation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The leptin/adiponectin ratio increased following antiretroviral therapy initiation. The waist circumference measurement can be a simple, inexpensive, and useful method to identify changes in fat mass and visceral fat area after initiation of antiretroviral therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":10911,"journal":{"name":"Current HIV Research","volume":"21 3","pages":"185-191"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10190359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Milestones: Dr. Robert C. Gallo and the Discovery of HIV-1.","authors":"Paolo Lusso","doi":"10.2174/1570162X2101230327090914","DOIUrl":"10.2174/1570162X2101230327090914","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10911,"journal":{"name":"Current HIV Research","volume":"21 1","pages":"2-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9878647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Current HIV ResearchPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2174/011570162X266371231028192233
Xinli Lu, Lin Ma, Li Yan, Meng Liu, Yingying Wang, Ning An, Qi Li
{"title":"Three Novel CRF01_AE/CRF07_BC Recombinant Forms of HIV-1 Identified in Shijiazhuang City, China.","authors":"Xinli Lu, Lin Ma, Li Yan, Meng Liu, Yingying Wang, Ning An, Qi Li","doi":"10.2174/011570162X266371231028192233","DOIUrl":"10.2174/011570162X266371231028192233","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hebei, a province with a low Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence, is also a region with the most abundant HIV-1 genetic diversity. HIV-1 recombinant forms have been the key factor influencing the effectiveness of HIV-1 control and therapy.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We aimed to study inter-subtype recombinant structures of new HIV-1-second generation recombinant forms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Monitoring the HIV-1 subtype by phylogenetic and recombinant breakpoint analyses are the two most frequent methods among men who have sex with men (MSM). Here, three near full-length genomes (NFLGs) were obtained from HIV-1 seropositive MSM in Shijiazhuang City, China, who have never received antiretroviral therapy in 2021.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Phylogenetic analysis indicated that three NFLGs were novel inter-subtype recombinant forms between CRF07_BC and CRF01_AE. For the NFLG 21S009, four CRF07_BC gene fragments were inserted into the pol, vif-vpr, vpu-env, and nef-3` LTR gene regions within a CRF01_ AE backbone, respectively. For the NFLG 21S095, four breakpoints were identified in HIV-1 pol and vpu regions. The NFLG 21S370 contained four gene recombinant breakpoints within HIV-1 pol and vpu-env gene regions. Of these three NFLGs, the NFLG 21S009 contained the most breakpoints, distributed in the pol, vif, vpr, vpu, env, and nef regions, respectively. In the gag-pol regions, three NFLGs had only one CRF07_BC gene fragment inserted into gene points between 4250 and 4792.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings provide strong evidence that the surveillance of novel recombinant forms is necessary for the increase in better control of HIV.</p>","PeriodicalId":10911,"journal":{"name":"Current HIV Research","volume":" ","pages":"232-239"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71479209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cognitive Deficits: Verbal and Semantic Fluency in People Living with HIV and AIDS.","authors":"Ganka Ivanova, Rakan Alhrahsheh, Kaloyan Kukov","doi":"10.2174/1570162X21666230613124240","DOIUrl":"10.2174/1570162X21666230613124240","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, the virus has taken millions of lives worldwide. The United Nations AIDS Fund's statistics reported that deaths caused by HIVrelated conditions and AIDS were about 39 million from the beginning of the epidemic to 2015. The united global efforts to fight the virus are considerably changing the indicators, such as mortality and morbidity, but the challenges remain. The total number of people living with HIV in Bulgaria as of 12th May, 2015, was 2,121. As of 30th November, 2016, the official data reported 2 460 people living with HIV. As of 13th February, 2017, 2 487 individuals were HIV-seropositive. Approximately 60% of people with HIV are prone to developing cognitive impairment due to the infection.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to know the level of cognitive deficiency, in particular, the verbal and semantic fluency of people living with HIV and AIDS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this study, a comparative analysis was carried out. The Stewart test was used to compare the average independent samples. For clarity, the average values, the test statistics, and the estimated significance levels are presented in the tables. Additionally, a statistical mechanism of factor selection was used by the forward stepwise method. The Wilks' Lambda statistic reported values between 0 and 1, with values close to zero indicating good discrimination of the model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>According to this research, the HIV positives participants generated fewer verbs than the ones from the control group. The data were partially confirmed by the present study. There were differences in terms of both adjectives and nouns among people living with HIV and AIDS.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study data proves that language deficits are detectable in neurocognitive testing of HIV. The overall hypothesis of the study has been confirmed. The language impairments are primarily qualitative and can be used as a marker for the initial and subsequent therapy assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":10911,"journal":{"name":"Current HIV Research","volume":"21 3","pages":"202-212"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10556403/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10249138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Detection of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Non-invasive Tools in Turkish People Living with HIV and with Apparently Normal Liver Function.","authors":"Nursel Çalık Başaran, İlkay İdilman, Hayriye Altunay Tokuçoğlu, Mehmet Ruhi Onur, Meliha Çağla Sönmezer, Lale Özışık, Muşturay Karçaaltıncaba, Ahmet Çağkan İnkaya, Serhat Ünal","doi":"10.2174/1570162X21666230714122716","DOIUrl":"10.2174/1570162X21666230714122716","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in people living with HIV.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>We aimed to investigate NAFLD presence by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods, including MRI-derived proton density fat fraction (MRI-PDFF) and MRE, and ultrasound elastography among Turkish people living with HIV (PLWH), and identify factors correlated with fatty liver.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We included 57 PLWH attending outpatient clinics on antiretroviral therapy (ART) for more than six months, without HBV/HCV co-infection, significant alcohol consumption, active opportunistic infection, previously diagnosed hepatobiliary disease, T2DM, and hyperlipidemia. We performed MRI, MRE, and US elastography on all participants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of the participants (M/F, 47/10) was 41.7± 12 years. The median duration of HIV infection was 3 (0.5-19 years) years. The mean MRI-PDFF was 4.4 ± 3.8 %, and 11 had fatty liver. The mean MRE value was 2.27 ± 0.6 kPa, inflammation was present in 16, and 4 participants had values consistent with fibrosis. The mean US elastography of the study population was 4.1±2.4 kPa. The mean right and left CCA intima-media of the study population was 0.65± 0.23 mm and 0.66± 0.25 mm; 16 had increased intima-media thickness. In patients with fatty liver, a significant positive correlation was present between MRE and CCA intima-media thickness (rs=0.82, p:0.006 for MRE-left CCA; r=0.68, p=0.042 for MRE-right CCA).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We demonstrated that even a significant proportion of PLWH individuals with normal transaminase levels have fatty liver. Future prospective trials are warranted to understand and mitigate the risk factors, course of NAFLD, and accurate non-invasive tests, predicting fibrosis in people living with HIV.</p>","PeriodicalId":10911,"journal":{"name":"Current HIV Research","volume":"21 3","pages":"192-201"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10207336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Longitudinal Assessment of Virological Failure and Antiretroviral Drug Resistance among Treatment-naive Subjects Living with HIV.","authors":"Chaiana Esmeraldino Mendes Marcon, Aline Daiane Schlindwein, Fabiana Schuelter-Trevisol","doi":"10.2174/1570162X21666230524141239","DOIUrl":"10.2174/1570162X21666230524141239","url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTION\u0000Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the etiological agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is a serious public health issue. Therapeutic measures have been successful in increasing the survival and improving the quality of life. However, some treatment-naive subjects living with HIV present resistance-associated mutations as a result of late diagnosis and/or mutant strain infections. The objective of this study was to identify the virus genotype and assess the antiretroviral resistance profile based on the results of HIV genotyping in treatment-naive subjects living with HIV, after six months of taking antiretroviral therapy.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHOD\u0000This was a prospective cohort study on treatment-naive adults living with HIV attending a specialized outpatient clinic in southern Santa Catarina State, Brazil. The participants were interviewed and had blood samples drawn. The genotypic antiretroviral drug resistance profile was examined in patients with detectable viral loads.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u000065 treatment-naive subjects living with HIV were recruited for this study. After six months of taking antiretroviral therapy, resistance-associated mutations were observed in 3 (4.6%) subjects living with HIV.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000Subtype C was identified as the circulating subtype in southern Santa Catarina State, and L10V, K103N, A98G, and Y179D were the most common mutations found in treatment-naive subjects.","PeriodicalId":10911,"journal":{"name":"Current HIV Research","volume":"21 3","pages":"213-219"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10563933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Statistical Inferences of HIVRNA and Fracture Based on the PAK1 Expression <i>via</i> Neural Network Model.","authors":"Zheng Yuan, Rui Ma, Qiang Zhang, Chang-Song Zhao","doi":"10.2174/1570162X21666221128153942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1570162X21666221128153942","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Acquired immune deficiency syndrome and fracture are all serious hazards to human health that create a widespread alarm. Biomarkers that are closely linked to HIVRNA and fracture are unknown.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>48 cases with HIV and fracture and 112 normal cases were recruited. Blood neutrophil count (NEU), white blood cell count (WBC), PAK1 and HIVRNA were measured. Pearson's chisquared test was used to evaluate the association between HIVRNA with fracture and NEU, WBC, PAK1. BP neural network model was constructed to analyze the predictive power of the combined effects of NEU, WBC, PAK1 for HIV RNA with fracture.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There exist strong correlations between PAK1, NEU, WBC and HIVRNA with fracture. The neural network model was successfully constructed. The overall determination coefficients of the training sample, validation sample, and test sample were 0.7235, 0.4795, 0.6188, 0.6792, respectively, indicating that the fitting effect between training sample and overall was good. Statistical determination coefficient of the goodness of fit R<sup>2</sup> ≈ 0.82, it can be considered that degree of fit between the estimate and corresponding actual data is good.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>HIVRNA with fracture could be predicted using a neural network model based on NEU, WBC, PAK1. The neural network model is an innovative algorithm for forecasting HIVRNA levels with fracture.</p>","PeriodicalId":10911,"journal":{"name":"Current HIV Research","volume":"21 1","pages":"43-55"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9661931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Lessard, Bertrand Lebouché, André Morneau, Martin Bilodeau, Ron Rosenes, Justin Sanders, Nicolas Chomont, Patrick Keeler, Karine Dubé, Shari Margolese, Mohammad Ali Jenabian, Christopher Power, Jean-Pierre Routy, Jonathan B Angel, Éric A Cohen, Cecilia T Costiniuk
{"title":"Donating One's Body to HIV Cure Research Through Canadian Medical Assistance in Dying: A Case Study.","authors":"David Lessard, Bertrand Lebouché, André Morneau, Martin Bilodeau, Ron Rosenes, Justin Sanders, Nicolas Chomont, Patrick Keeler, Karine Dubé, Shari Margolese, Mohammad Ali Jenabian, Christopher Power, Jean-Pierre Routy, Jonathan B Angel, Éric A Cohen, Cecilia T Costiniuk","doi":"10.2174/1570162X21666230904150923","DOIUrl":"10.2174/1570162X21666230904150923","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Finding a cure for HIV is challenged by persisting reservoirs, the mapping of which necessitates invasive procedures. Inviting people with HIV (PWHIV) at the end of life to donate body specimens post-mortem through research autopsies is a novel approach, raising ethical concerns.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This case study aims to explore the motivations, barriers, and facilitators of a terminally-ill Canadian PWHIV who requested medical assistance in dying (MAID) and expressed interest in donating his body for HIV cure research.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>An in-depth 3-hour and semi-structured interview was conducted with the participant. The interview transcription was thematically coded to identify motivations and perceived barriers and facilitators to participate in end-of-life HIV cure research. Our analysis identified six themes. Two themes expressed motivations: Collaboration in progress in health and science, seeing cure research as collaboration with professionals; and Opportunity to learn more, mostly about science and health. One theme expressed a barrier: Losing interest in or identification with long-term care research matters, especially those related to the management of long-term care. Three themes expressed by facilitators: Receiving information from professionals one trusts and knows, especially clinical and research teams; Perceiving research procedures as simple, useful, and embedded in care, perceiving clinical, educational, and interpersonal benefits that surpass costs of participation; and Perceiving research as one last way to contribute, that is, feeling useful or give back.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Several circumstances facilitated the patient's participation: being a single man, having time to participate, having no strong religious belief, and valuing clear, direct communication. His motivations to participate in HIV cure research were altruistic, and also an experience of working with clinical and research teams. Finally, this perspective highlights HIV cure research participant candidates' need for education about research procedures.</p>","PeriodicalId":10911,"journal":{"name":"Current HIV Research","volume":" ","pages":"264-267"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10159243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Helena Caetano Gonçalves E Silva, Jaime Fernandes da Silva, Ana Carolina Lobor Cancelier, Daisson José Trevisol, Thiago Mamôru Sakae, Richard L Atkinson, Fabiana Schuelter Trevisol
{"title":"Adenovirus 36 Coinfection in People Living with HIV and its Impact on Lipohypertrophy.","authors":"Helena Caetano Gonçalves E Silva, Jaime Fernandes da Silva, Ana Carolina Lobor Cancelier, Daisson José Trevisol, Thiago Mamôru Sakae, Richard L Atkinson, Fabiana Schuelter Trevisol","doi":"10.2174/1570162X21666230420090756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1570162X21666230420090756","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Previous studies have implicated human adenovirus 36 (Adv36) as a potential contributor to overweight and obesity. People living with HIV have an altered body composition compared to healthy individuals. There is still no evidence to confirm the relationship of Adv36 as one of the causes of lipohypertrophy. The main objective of this study was to verify the viral Adv36 infection as a factor associated with the presence of lipohypertrophy in HIV-infected individuals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A case-control study on people with HIV treated at a specialized public health service in southern Brazil. Subjects underwent interviews, diagnostic tests, and anthropometry to determine lipodystrophy and its classification. Demographic and clinical data were examined to investigate the presence of Adv36. The cases were participants with lipohypertrophy, and the controls were eutrophic participants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>101 participants were included (38 cases and 63 controls), and the frequency of Adv36 infection was 10.9%. There was a statistically significant association between lipohypertrophy and the female sex (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and a trend for the presence of Adv36 (<i>p</i> = 0.059) and lipohypertrophy. After adjustment for confounders, Adv36 has not considered an independent risk factor for lipohypertrophy. Lower levels of glucose were associated with Adv36 infection.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There was a significant association between lipohypertrophy and the female sex, and no association with lipohypertrophy and Adv36, perhaps due to the small sample size.</p>","PeriodicalId":10911,"journal":{"name":"Current HIV Research","volume":"21 2","pages":"140-146"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10507792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Rosaria Tumolo, Egeria Scoditti, Roberto Guarino, Tiziana Grassi, Francesco Bagordo, Saverio Sabina
{"title":"MIR-29A-3P, MIR-29C-3P, MIR-146B-5P AND MIR-150-5P, Their Target Genes and lncrnas in HIV Infection: A Bioinformatic Study.","authors":"Maria Rosaria Tumolo, Egeria Scoditti, Roberto Guarino, Tiziana Grassi, Francesco Bagordo, Saverio Sabina","doi":"10.2174/1570162X21666230524151328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1570162X21666230524151328","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Increasing evidence suggests that microRNAs (miRNAs) and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as attractive targets in viral infections, including Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To deepen the understanding of the molecular mechanisms that lead to HIV and provide potential targets for the future development of molecular therapies for its treatment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Four miRNAs were selected as candidates based on a previous systematic review. A combination of bioinformatic analyses was performed to identify their target genes, lncRNAs and biological processes that regulate them.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the constructed miRNA-mRNA network, 193 gene targets are identified. These miRNAs potentially control genes from several important processes, including signal transduction and cancer. LncRNA-XIST, lncRNA-NEAT1 and lncRNA-HCG18 interact with all four miRNAs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This preliminary result forms the basis for improving reliability in future studies to fully understand the role these molecules and their interactions play in HIV.</p>","PeriodicalId":10911,"journal":{"name":"Current HIV Research","volume":"21 2","pages":"128-139"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10132022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}